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Excerpt from Fire and Explosion Risks: A Handbook Dealing With the Detection, Investigation, and Prevention of Dangers Arising From Fires and Explosions of Chemico-Technical Substances and Establishments; For the Use of Fire Insurance Officials, Fire Brigade Officers, Members of the Legal Prof
The work is not designed to form an introduction to the vari able practices of Fire Insurance Companies, or a mere repetition of Trade Union regulations for the prevention of accidents; neither is it the author''s intention to deal ''with all the separate branches of technology, since such a course would lead him too far away from the object in view, namely: To present non-chemists with a practical chemical tool, and to facilitate investigation of the, to them, foreign domain of chemical technology in questions of fire risk and fire prevention.
With this idea in view I have decided to make use, in many instances, of older chemical conceptions, because I regard the same as more suitable to, and readily understandable by, non-chemists, and am of Opinion that, for detecting, judging, and correctly settling cases of fire or combustion, it is more important that the non-chemist should treat and decide the matter in accordance with a standpoint he understands, rather than proceed according to new theories which he is incapable of assimilating, and which are, moreover, still subjects of scientific controversy.
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The work is not designed to form an introduction to the vari able practices of Fire Insurance Companies, or a mere repetition of Trade Union regulations for the prevention of accidents; neither is it the author''s intention to deal ''with all the separate branches of technology, since such a course would lead him too far away from the object in view, namely: To present non-chemists with a practical chemical tool, and to facilitate investigation of the, to them, foreign domain of chemical technology in questions of fire risk and fire prevention.
With this idea in view I have decided to make use, in many instances, of older chemical conceptions, because I regard the same as more suitable to, and readily understandable by, non-chemists, and am of Opinion that, for detecting, judging, and correctly settling cases of fire or combustion, it is more important that the non-chemist should treat and decide the matter in accordance with a standpoint he understands, rather than proceed according to new theories which he is incapable of assimilating, and which are, moreover, still subjects of scientific controversy.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Von Schwartz
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780666900241
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 448
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Von Schwartz
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781330813041
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 450
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