On the construction of fire-engines and apparatus1830 |
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Page 36
... means of fire - cocks . One or more lengths of hose are screwed on the fire - cock ; the extreme end being put into the engine , the fire - cock is then opened and the water rushes in . When the water - pipes are large and the pressure ...
... means of fire - cocks . One or more lengths of hose are screwed on the fire - cock ; the extreme end being put into the engine , the fire - cock is then opened and the water rushes in . When the water - pipes are large and the pressure ...
Page 38
... means be so great as to occasion waste , it may be regulated by the near- est stop - cock on the water - pipe , by driving a wooden plug into the end of a cast - iron pipe , or compress- ing the end of a leaden one . The next plan I ...
... means be so great as to occasion waste , it may be regulated by the near- est stop - cock on the water - pipe , by driving a wooden plug into the end of a cast - iron pipe , or compress- ing the end of a leaden one . The next plan I ...
Page 43
... means of saddles . " * The reason of this restriction is , that when the pressure from the fountainhead at Crawley Springs is allowed to act on the water in the main , ( from 260 to 540 feet , ) accidents might happen from the failure ...
... means of saddles . " * The reason of this restriction is , that when the pressure from the fountainhead at Crawley Springs is allowed to act on the water in the main , ( from 260 to 540 feet , ) accidents might happen from the failure ...
Page 55
... mean the gymnastic exercises . The men are practised in these exercises ( in a small gymnasium fitted up for them in the head engine - house ) regularly once a- week , and in winter sometimes twice : attendance on their part is entirely ...
... mean the gymnastic exercises . The men are practised in these exercises ( in a small gymnasium fitted up for them in the head engine - house ) regularly once a- week , and in winter sometimes twice : attendance on their part is entirely ...
Page 56
... means of escape , in the event of his return by the stair being cut off , will not render any very efficient service in extinguishing the fire ; his own safety will be the principal object of his attention , and till that is to a ...
... means of escape , in the event of his return by the stair being cut off , will not render any very efficient service in extinguishing the fire ; his own safety will be the principal object of his attention , and till that is to a ...
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Page 5 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 155 - FROM all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise, Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land by every tongue. 2 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord, Eternal truth attends thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 147 - For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle?
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Page 44 - The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
Page x - O SING unto the Lord a new song: for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
Page 141 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page xxi - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Bab-y-lon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
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Page viii - Now go, write it before them in a table, And note it in a book, That it may be for the time to come For ever and ever...