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FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING

Written by David Burgess-Wise
Published by Bounty Books in 2006
ISBN: 9780753714744

£ 12.00 Photo of FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING- Stock Number: 2129136

FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING
Written by David Burgess-Wise.
Stock no. 2129136
2007. Hardback. Large format. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780753714744.

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Front cover

Cover of FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING by David Burgess-Wise

Contents

  • From the burning of Rome to the Great Fire of London
  • The first Fire Brigades
  • Firemen of London and New York
  • 1828: the steam engine arrives
  • American innovations
  • 1871: Chicago burns
  • Heyday of the horsedrawn steamer
  • The self-propelled engine
  • International advances in design
  • Technological developments
  • Fire engines go to war
  • The modern armoury against fire
  • Index