Scientific Fire Fighting (Firefighting)
Published by Hubert A Howson, NY, 1968
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA
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Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.57
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First edition (SD, NAP) . Softcover, approximately 6x9 inches, index, 96 pp, illustrated with photo of author, facsimile of letter from Admiral Ben Moreell, 2 maps and a fold out diagram. Very good. Minor soil on covers, 1/2 inch nick at foot of spine. Internally, previous owner's sgns, occasional word or sentenced highlighted on approximately 20 pp, otherwise tight and clean. A crowning work by a retired (33 years or experience) New York City Fire Department Chief and volunteer for the Navy during World War II, one of the last of the Iron Men, inventor fo the adjustable fire nozzle and water-driven air blower for use in cellar and manhole fires, in which he elevated firefighting from an art to a science. Starting with the fire which destroyed the Library at Alexandria and continuing through World War II, the author combines years of hands on experience at over 10, 000 fires, with physics, chemistry, meteorology and combustion engineering to thoroughly examine the nature of fire storms, explain the various phenemona, structural failings in buildings, etc. Includes separate chapters on the great London Fire of 1666, the Tokyo Earthquake and Fire of 1923, the Hamburg Fire of 1943, and a list of 97 historic fires. Rare. Firemen; science; history.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Scientific Fire Fighting (Firefighting)
- Author
- O'Hanlon, Joseph; Hubert A Howson, Fwd
- Publisher
- Hubert A Howson, NY
- Publication year
- 1968
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
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