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Fire Hardcover - 1993
by Hazel Rossotti
The author of Color presents a lively look at the many aspects of fire. From its scientific and technological facets to its historical, environmental, religious, and philosophical connections, the immensely varied phenomenon called fire is shown in an illustrated portrait designed to educate and entertain. 32 pages of color plates. 90 halftones and line drawings.
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Is fire an element? How can we know when a pot was fired? When was fire insurance started? Why can custard powder explode? How can we reduce smog? How do we extinguish a blazing oil-well? Why is fire so prominent in religion and poetry? How does it spread through a building, and through a forest? This books aims to tease out the common thread which runs through the immensely varied phenomena which we call fire. Adopting a lively approach, and with the imaginative use of illustrations, the author explores five broad themes: Fire, the phenomenon; Fire for comfort; Fire for use; Fire as a hazard; and Fire for contemplation. The non-mathematical approach will appeal to the general reader, while experts in one field of combustion will find much to interest them in the many areas which border on their own.
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- Title Fire
- Author Hazel Rossotti
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 298
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Oxford, New York, Tokyo
- Date 1993-05
- ISBN 9780198557227 / 0198557221
- Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.54 x 6.42 x 0.92 in (24.23 x 16.31 x 2.34 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Fire
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92022005
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.364
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