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Author : Stephen Roper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Fire engines
ISBN : NYPL:33433070228048
Author : Stephen Roper
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 026649143X
Excerpt from Hand-Book of Modern Steam Fire-Engines: Including the Running, Care and Management of Steam Fire-Engines and Fire-Pumps With reference to this particular matter, the obj ect has been to give such corrections in construction as might seem to be most essential to the class of men for whom its publication is designed, and to weed out such descriptions as can have at this time no special interest for the reader. That portion of the book devoted to hydraulics, as well as the pages pertaining to the properties of fire, air, water, heat and steam, remain unaltered; they play the same important part for the steam engine to-day as they did yesterday and will to-morrow. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Stephen Roper
Publisher : Nabu Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1294754017
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
Author : Stephen Roper,Henry L. Stellwagen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1375741497
Author : Stephen Roper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1375573322
Author : Stephen Roper,Henry L Stellwagen
Publisher : Scholar's Choice
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1295956594
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Author : William T. King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Fire engines
ISBN : NYPL:33433081623930
Author : Andrew Jamieson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Steam
ISBN : NYPL:33433066426085
Author : Charles Frederic T. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Fire engines
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CU50535480
Author : Stephen Roper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : UOM:39015026484710
Author : Emory Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Steam engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015063070166
Author : Manuel Eissler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Explosives
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010265093
Author : Charles Frederick T. Young
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Fire engines
ISBN : OXFORD:591079360
Author : Emory Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Steam engine, 1883
ISBN : NYPL:33433090912662
Author : Mark Tebeau
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421412504
During the period of America's swiftest industrialization and urban growth, fire struck fear in the hearts of city dwellers as did no other calamity. Before the Civil War, sweeping blazes destroyed more than $200 million in property in the nation's largest cities. Between 1871 and 1906, conflagrations left Chicago, Boston, Baltimore, and San Francisco in ruins. Into the twentieth century, this dynamic hazard intensified as cities grew taller and more populous, confounding those who battled it. Firefighters' death-defying feats captured the popular imagination but too often failed to provide more than symbolic protection. Hundreds of fire insurance companies went bankrupt because they could not adequately deal with the effects of even smaller blazes. Firefighters and fire insurers created a physical and cultural infrastructure whose legacy—in the form of heroic firefighters, insurance policies, building standards, and fire hydrants—lives on in the urban built environment. In Eating Smoke, Mark Tebeau shows how the changing practices of firefighters and fire insurers shaped the built landscape of American cities, the growth of municipal institutions, and the experience of urban life. Drawing on a wealth of fire department and insurance company archives, he contrasts the invention of a heroic culture of firefighters with the rational organizational strategies by fire underwriters. Recognizing the complexity of shifting urban environments and constantly experimenting with tools and tactics, firefighters fought fire ever more aggressively—"eating smoke" when they ventured deep into burning buildings or when they scaled ladders to perform harrowing rescues. In sharp contrast to the manly valor of firefighters, insurers argued that the risk was quantifiable, measurable, and predictable. Underwriters managed hazard with statistics, maps, and trade associations, and they eventually agitated for building codes and other reforms, which cities throughout the nation implemented in the twentieth century. Although they remained icons of heroism, firefighters' cultural and institutional authority slowly diminished. Americans had begun to imagine fire risk as an economic abstraction. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters—climbing ladders and manipulating hoses—with the mundane technologies—maps and accounting charts—of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor.