Fire Prevention and Fire Protection as Applied to Building Construction: A Handbook of Theory and Practice |
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Page 665 - Inspector if installed in accordance with the. rules and requirements of the National Board of Underwriters.
Page 723 - ... of an inch thick, and each pane thereof measuring not less than three hundred square inches, and the whole of which skylight shall be so constructed as to open instantly on the cutting or burning...
Page 803 - An act regulating the age, employment, safety, health and work hours of persons, employes and operatives in factories, workshops, mills and all places where the manufacture of goods of any kind is carried on, and to establish a department for the enforcement thereof," approved March twenty-fourth, one thousand nine hundred and four.
Page 49 - to promote the science and improve the methods of fire protection and prevention...
Page 215 - All the sandstones which were tested are fine-grained and rather compact. All suffered some injury, though, in most cases, the cracking was along the lamination planes. In some cubes, however, transverse cracks were also developed. " The variety of samples was not great enough to warrant any conclusive evidence toward a determination of the controlling factors. It would seem, however, that the more compact and hard the stone is the better will it resist extreme heat. The following relation of the...
Page 932 - ... pound of powdered Spanish whiting and a pound of clear glue, dissolved in warm water; mix these well together and let the mixture stand for several days. Keep the wash thus prepared in a kettle or portable furnace; and when used, put it on as hot as possible, with painters
Page 932 - Slake half a bushel of unslaked lime with boiling water, keeping it covered during the process. Strain it and add a peck of salt, dissolved in warm water; three pounds of ground rice put in boiling water and boiled to a thin paste; half...
Page 723 - ... square inches, and the whole of which skylight shall be so constructed as to open instantly on the cutting or burning of a hempen cord, which shall be arranged to hold said skylights closed, r,T some other equally simple approved device for opening them may be provided.
Page 115 - Such appliances include those designed to aid in extinguishing fires, such as automatic sprinklers, pumps, hand fire appliances, hose, hydrants, nozzles, valves, etc. ; materials and devices designed to retard the spread of fire, such as structural methods and materials, fire doors and shutters, fire windows, etc. ; and machines and fittings which may be instrumental in causing a fire, such as gas and oil appliances, electrical fittings, chemicals and the various machines and appurtenances used in...
Page 46 - To promote harmony, correct practices, and the principles of sound underwriting. To devise and give effect to measures for the protection of the common interests, and the promotion of such laws and regulations as will secure stability and solidity to capital employed in the business of fire insurance, and protect it against oppressive, unjust, and discriminative legislation.