Fire engines & fire-fighting
Burgess-Wise, David2006
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This text describes the history of man's age-old battle to control the ravages of fire. The development of fire-fighting equipment up to today's sophisticated jet-powered pumps is traced in detail, including the primitive hoses of the ancient Greeks and Romans and the enthusiastic engineering of the 19th century.
Main title:
Fire engines & fire-fighting / David Burgess-Wise.
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Imprint:
London : Bounty, 2006.
Collation:
128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Octopus, 1977.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780753714744 (hbk)0753714744 (hbk)
Dewey class:
628.9'25'092628.925092628.925
Language:
English
BRN:
352129
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