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  • Four priests holding ritual vessels perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Fourteen couples with sacrificial vessels perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Vishnu, Brahman and three other deities perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Four priests consult some writings and perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Two fire eaters in southern India: a man and a woman. Gouache painting.
  • Boer War: Indian ambulance bearers under fire. Process print after R. Caton Woodville.
  • Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1823.
  • Clothing on fire & method of treatment / W.D. & H.O. Wills.
  • Marriage of Rama to Sita with Brahmins making fire sacrifice. Coloured transfer lithograph.
  • Angels blow trumpets and fire descends upon the earth. Woodcut, 16th century.
  • A column emerges from the sacrificial fire as eighteen deities perform a yagna, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • Gaius Mucius Scaevola's ordeal by fire: Gaius Mucius is holding his outstretched arm over the fire blazing in a cauldron before the king, watched by a crowd of soldiers. Etching by J. Goupy, 1726.
  • Vishnu, Lakshmi (?), Brahman, Shiva and two priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Geography: birds and animals fleeing a prairie fire. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Xavier Chabert, a fire eater. Stipple engraving by W. Holl, 1829, after A. Wivell.
  • The Virgin of Succour protecting a man whose house is on fire. Coloured etching.
  • Vulcan at his forge; representing fire. Engraving by E. Jeaurat, 1716, after N. Vleughels.
  • Astronomy: various apocalyptic scenes, including fire, earthquake, war, and shipwreck. Coloured lithograph, [c.1835?].
  • A Chinese fire-eater and attendant. Gouache painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • Vulcan at his forge; representing fire. Engraving by E. Jeaurat, 1716, after N. Vleughels.
  • Stocksigns wallchart of fire signs to BS 5499 : part 1 1990 / Stocksigns Ltd.
  • Chimneys showing the fireplace aperture, fire bricks and a crane. Engraving by D. Lizars.