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On the safeguarding of life in theaters : being a study from the standpoint of an engineer

Title
On the safeguarding of life in theaters : being a study from the standpoint of an engineer / by John R. Freeman, president American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Author
Freeman, John Ripley, 1855-1932
Publication
[New York, NY] : Reprinted from the Transactions of the Society, 1906.

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Additional Authors
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, issuing body.
Description
106 pages : illustrations, plans, tables; 24 cm
Summary
This paper makes special reference to Chicago's deadly Iroquois Theater fire two years earlier. It reviews the technology available for fire suppression, safe extraction of smoke, improved evacuations for the audience, and other means to prevent disaster and loss of life.
Subject
  • Theaters > Safety measures
  • Theaters > Fires and fire prevention
  • Fire prevention
  • Theater architecture
  • Theaters > Accidents
  • fire prevention
  • Theaters > Fires and fire prevention
  • Theaters > Accidents
  • Theater architecture
  • Fire prevention
  • Theaters > Safety measures
Note
  • Reprinted from the Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, v.27, 1906.
LCCN
07002594
OCLC
  • ocm02904467
  • 2904467
  • SCSB-435620
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library