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The Westminster Fire Office : 27, King Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2. : A.D. 1717 : this endorsement is to be attached to policy no. ... and is declared to be incorporated with and to form part thereof.
Westminster Fire Office.Date: 1928
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Pinaceae : being a handbook of the firs and pines / by Senilis pseud.
Nelson, John.Date: 1866
Archives and manuscripts
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Fire Insurance Agreement with the Air Ministry for Garrow Hill
Date: 5 July 1944Reference: RET/3/6/6/4
Part of: The Retreat Archive
Archives and manuscripts
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Fire Rules. Approved by the Retreat Committee, August 1921 (York 1921)
Date: 1921Reference: RET/5/7/6/2
Part of: The Retreat Archive
Pictures
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A personification of Obedience with her attributes is attacked from the sides by eight vices; above her appears Christ on the cross; (top left) the sacrifice of Isaac; (right) Jacob sends Joseph to his brothers; (below) three examples of disobedience, including the expulsion from Paradise. Engraving after H. Wierix .
Wierix, Jeronimus, 1553-1619.Date: 1600-1699Reference: 29538i
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Safe frying at home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.
Date: 1991
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Fire tests with glass : five skylight openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1914
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Fire tests with glass : a test with three window openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1914
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Fire tests with glass : a test with three window openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1914
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The Brussels Exhibition fire : with some suggestions as to safeguards at future temporary exhibitions set out in the form of model regulations / by Edwin O. Sachs.
Sachs, Edwin O.Date: 1911
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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].
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1910
Archives and manuscripts
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Fire Brigades' Union
Date: Oct 1941Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/2
Part of: Haldane Papers
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Fire tests with textiles : flannelette "ordinary", flannelette "fine finish", art muslin, curtain net, scenic canvas, as also tissue paper and wadding; untreated and treated with Snowdon's Flame-Proofing Solution submitted for test by Snowdon & Co., Ltd., London the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
British Fire Prevention Committee.Date: 1912
Books
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Gas fires and their settings / [Sir Lawrence Weaver].
Weaver, Lawrence, 1876-1930.Date: 1929
Archives and manuscripts
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Haldane Addressing Fire Brigades' Union
Date: Oct 1941Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/1
Part of: Haldane Papers
Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from Jack G Grahl of the Fire Brigades' Union
Date: 30 May 1944Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/11
Part of: Haldane Papers
Books
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Specification of Richard Edwards : materials for lighting fires.
Edwards, Richard.Date: 1857
Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from John Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union to J B S Haldane
Date: 3 Feb 1944Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/8
Part of: Haldane Papers
Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from J B S Haldane to J Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union
Date: 31 Jan 1944Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/7
Part of: Haldane Papers
Books
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Specification of James Barron : apparatus for feeding fires, &c.
Barron, James, 1954-Date: 1855
Ephemera
Official programme : all star amateur boxing tournament (under A.B.A. rules) : Wednesday, January 17th, 1945, commencing 7 p.m / organised by the London Fire Forces Sports Association in aid of St. Dunstan's for men and women blinded on war service.
Date: 1945
Pictures
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Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.
Reference: 18465i
Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from John Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union to J B S Haldane
Date: 6 Jan 1944Reference: HALDANE/5/1/2/7/6
Part of: Haldane Papers
Archives and manuscripts
Article on the history of fires and explosions caused by anaesthetic agents
Date: 1994Reference: PP/HGE/G/B/15
Part of: Dr Hans Georg Epstein (1909-2002)
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An Act for Preventing and Suppressing of Fires within the City of London
Date: 1677

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The Westminster Fire Office : 27, King Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C.2. : A.D. 1717 : this endorsement is to be attached to policy no. ... and is declared to be incorporated with and to form part thereof.

Pinaceae : being a handbook of the firs and pines / by Senilis pseud.

Fire Insurance Agreement with the Air Ministry for Garrow Hill

Fire Rules. Approved by the Retreat Committee, August 1921 (York 1921)

Safe frying at home / Home Office Public Relations Branch.

Fire tests with glass : five skylight openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].

Fire tests with glass : a test with three window openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].

Fire tests with glass : a test with three window openings filled in with "Wired Glass" by Messrs. Pilkington Brothers, Limited, St. Helens the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].

The Brussels Exhibition fire : with some suggestions as to safeguards at future temporary exhibitions set out in the form of model regulations / by Edwin O. Sachs.

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 Brigades' Union

Gas fires and their settings / [Sir Lawrence Weaver].

Haldane Addressing Fire Brigades' Union

Letter from Jack G Grahl of the Fire Brigades' Union

Specification of Richard Edwards : materials for lighting fires.

Letter from John Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union to J B S Haldane

Letter from J B S Haldane to J Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union

Specification of James Barron : apparatus for feeding fires, &c.

Official programme : all star amateur boxing tournament (under A.B.A. rules) : Wednesday, January 17th, 1945, commencing 7 p.m / organised by the London Fire Forces Sports Association in aid of St. Dunstan's for men and women blinded on war service.

Henri IV of France touching the head of a kneeling man for the king's evil (scrofula). Line engraving.

Letter from John Horner of the Fire Brigades' Union to J B S Haldane

Article on the history of fires and explosions caused by anaesthetic agents

An Act for Preventing and Suppressing of Fires within the City of London