Protection from fire and thieves
CHAPTER X.
EXTINCTION OF FIRE.
Two methods of fire-extinction, mechanical and chemical--Sinclair’s fire-exterminator--Hand fire-engines--Steam fire-engines--Messrs. Shand and Mason’s engines--Messrs. Merryweather and Son’s engines--Boilers of steam fire-engines--Water-supply at fires--Particulars of London Fire Brigade--Fires at country houses--Destruction of mills 118
_APPENDIX._
DESIGNS AND DESCRIPTION OF A FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE 137
COMPLETE LISTS OF PATENTS FOR LOCKS AND SAFES 142
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Fire-Escape and Steam Fire-Engine in action _Frontispiece_
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Master-Key of Dublin Exhibition, 1865 4
Ornamental Key-handles 6
Ornamental Key 9
Hopkinson’s Patent Window-Fastener 17
Chubb’s Patent Diagonal Safe; action of bolts 33
” ” ” corner section 34
Chubb’s New Patent Safe, 1874, corner section 35
” ” ” elevation _facing_ 36
Chubb’s Patent Drill-Preventive; hole made by cutter 38
” ” ” cutter used for do 39
” ” ” system as applied 39
” ” ” cutter destroyed by 40
Reward Label for recovery of Lost Keys 42
Chubb’s Gunpowder-proof Lock for Safes 53
Strong-Room Doors, method of fixing 61
Strong-Room, plan of 64
” section of 65
Dennett’s Fireproof Construction; treatment of columns 79
” ” ” sections of arches 86, 87, 88
” ” ” section of vaulted roof 90
Smoke Respirator 108
Sinclair’s Fire-Exterminator 119
Merryweather’s Steam Fire-Engine 124
” ” ” sections of boiler 125
Shand, Mason & Co.’s Steam Fire-Engine 127
” ” ” sections of boiler 128, 129
Fireproof Warehouse, plan and section _facing_ 138, 139
PROTECTION
FROM
FIRE AND THIEVES.