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Young (David)

Observations upon Fire, with a view to the best and most expeditious methods of extinguishing it, upon a new plan, with or without water.

Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and Sold by the Booksellers - in Town and Country, 1784.,

343.76 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, United Kingdom)

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Author
Young (David)
Publishers
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and Sold by the Booksellers, in Town and Country, 1784.
Keyword
SOCIAL STUDIES FIRE

Description

First edition, 8vo (211 x 133 mm), [4], 48pp., stitched as issued, orig. blue paper wrappers, lower wrapper lightly stained. The author offers a practical guidance on fire management and fire extinction. Some of his ideas are simple and pretty mundane - wet cloths, wet straw, earth and so forth. Others are more controversial such as the use of gunpowder balls to blow the fire out by violent explosions.
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