Fire protection of mansions : how to prevent fires and how to extinguish them with practical remarks upon water supply and fire apparatus / by James Compton Merryweather.

  • Merryweather, James Compton
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Fire protection of mansions : how to prevent fires and how to extinguish them with practical remarks upon water supply and fire apparatus / by James Compton Merryweather. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PAGE DISASTROUS RESULT OF A SMALL DEFICIENCY- GRAVITATION — RESERVOIRS — RAIN WATER STORAGE—HYDRAULIC RAMS—WATER WHEELS— NEW PUMPING WATER WHEEL — TURBINES AND PUMPS—MECHANICAL MEANS OF DRIVING PUMPS —STEAM ENGINES — HOT-AIR ENGINES — GAS ENGINES—COMPARATIVE ECONOMY OF STEAM, HOT-AIR AND GAS ENGINES—WIND POWER- HORSE POWER PUMPS—FIAND POWER PUMPS—EXTERNAL STORAGE-INTERNAL STORAGE—VALUE OF A GOOD SUPPLY OF WATER—EXTERNAL SUPPLY FROM LAKES, ORNAMENTAL WATERS, OR RUNNING STREAMS - - - - - - - 20 CHAPTER IV.—DEFECTIVE FIRE APPARATUS. UNSUITABLE APPARATUS COMMON IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS—PLUMBERS’ FIRE PROTEC- TION-DEFECTIVE APPARATUS AT A FIFESHIRE CASTLE—CAUSE OF DEFECT—REMEDY APPLIED- RESULT OF THE ALTERATIONS—ANOTHER IN- STANCE — DEFECT AND REMEDY — DEFECTIVE SYSTEMS—ERRORS IN DETAIL—IN FIRE VALVES— HOSE—BRANCHPIPES AND NOZZLES—LETTER IN THE “ FIREMAN ” - CHAPTER V.—FIRE APPARATUS. APPARATUS SHOULD BE SUITABLE FOR THE BUILD- ING-INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL APPLIANCES— FIREMAINS AND HYDRANTS—TANKS MUST BE PLACED AT A SUFFICIENT HEIGHT—PORTABLE I-IAND-PUMPS AND BUCKETS — CISTERNS — FIRE- MAIN PIPES — HYDRANTS — HOSE — REELS AND OTHER FITTINGS FOR HOSE AND TOOLS—BRANCH- PIPES — PRESSURE AUGMENTER — HAND FIRE- PUMPS AND BUCKETS—CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES— HYDRANTS ON EXTERNAL MAINS—STEAM FIRE ENGINES—MANUAL FIRE ENGINES : THE LONDON BRIGADE MANUAL—THE MANSION FIRE ENGINE - 43