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FIRE ENGINES & FIRE-FIGHTING

by David Burgess-Wise

Published by Bounty Books. 2007

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
Stock no. 2129136

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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

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