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Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction includes sections on Fire-Proof Structures, Fire-Proof Safes, Public Fire Brigades, Private Means For Suppressing Fires, Fire-Engines, Fire Annihilators, Portable Fire-Escapes, and Water Supply.

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James Braidwood (1800-1861) was a Scottish firefighter who founded one of the world's first municipal fire service in Edinburgh in 1824. He was the first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment (the brigade which was eventually to become the London Fire Brigade). He... Read Full Overview

Fire prevention and fire extinction, including fire-proof structures, fire-proof safes, public fire-brigades, private means for suppressing fires, fire-engines, fire annihilators, portable fire-escapes, water supply. With memoir and port. of the author This book, "Fire prevention... Read Full Overview

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1866. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres... Read Full Overview

"Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction" from James Braidwood. The first director of the London Fire Engine Establishment (1800-1861).

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction "", has been considered a very important part of the human history, but is currently not available in printed formats. Hence so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern... Read Full Overview