Fires, Fire Engines, and Fire Brigades: with a history of manual and steam Fire Engines, etcLockwood & Company, 1866 - 534 Seiten |
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Seite i - Fire Engineering. FIRES, FIRE-ENGINES, AND FIRE BRIGADES. With a History of Fire-Engines, their Construction, Use, and Management ; Remarks on Fire-Proof Buildings, and the Preservation of Life from Fire ; Statistics of the Fire Appliances in English Towns ; Foreign Fire Systems ; Hints on Fire Brigades, &c. , &c. By CHARLES FT YOUNG, CE With numerous Illustrations, handsomely printed, 544 pp., demy 8vo, price I/. 4*. cloth. "We can most heartily commend this book It is really the only English work...
Seite 451 - Place the patient on the back on a flat surface, inclined a little upwards from the feet ; raise and support the head and shoulders on a small firm cushion or folded article of dress placed under the shoulder-blades.