Fireproof Building: Technology And Public Safety In The Nineteenth-Century American City; Author: Wermiel, Sara E.; Hardback; Book

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Fireproof Building: Technology And Public Safety In The Nineteenth-Century American City

Author: Wermiel, Sara E.
Series#:19; Studies in Industry and Society; Hardback; Book; 42 Illustrations
312 pages
Published: June 2000
The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 0801863112

The author explores the work of the pioneers of structural fire protection, such as architect Peter B. Wight. She explains when and why the materials of fire construction came into use and shows the impact of building laws on the development of technology.

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