Bennett, Alfred John Stevens. creator text enk Oxford New York Pergamon Press Macmillan 1964 monographic eng preservation access 1 online resource (xvii, 157 pages) : illustrations (some color) Front Cover; Ship Fire Prevention; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; UNITS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE:MATERIALS AND METHODS; CHAPTER 1. DETAILS OF FIRE-FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; A. GENERAL; B. FIRST AID EXTINGUISHERS; C. MAJOR EQUIPMENT; D. BREATHING APPARATUS AND PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; CHAPTER 2. FIRE PUMPS; DUAL PURPOSE AND SINGLE PURPOSE PUMPS; TYPES OF FIRE PUMPS; PRINCIPLES OF THE CENTRIFUGAL PUMP; ESTIMATION OF HEAD; TYPES OF PRIMING DEVICE; NON SELF-PRIMING PUMPS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS; THE WORTHINGTON SIMPSON EMERGENCY SUBMERSIBLE FIRE AND BILGE PUMP GAS TURBINE DRIVEN EMERGENCY PUMPSCHAPTER 3. THE EFFECT OF FREE WATER ON SHIP STABILITY; EFFECT ON METACENTRIC HEIGHT; LARGE ANGLES OF HEEL; PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS; TRIM; 4. EXTRACTS FROM RULES AND REGULATIONS; PASSENGER SHIPS; ELECTRICAL RULES; AMERICAN RULES; PART TWO:ENGINEERING ASPECTS; 5. ANTI-FIRE DATA FOR FUELS; SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION; MEASUREMENTS RELATING TO FIRE RISK; FLAMMABILITY; CHAPTER6. PROTECTION OF STEAM RAISING PLANT; FIRES IN BOILER ROOMS; FIRES IN GAS HEAT EXCHANGERS; CHAPTER 7. PREVENTION OF EXPLOSIONS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; CRANKCASE FIRE RISK; PROTECTION IN TANKERS LIQUID GAS CARRIERSCHAPTER 8. SHIPS IN PORT; FIRE BRIGADES; SPECIFIC CASES OF FIRES; CONCLUSION; QUESTIONS; ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS; INDEX Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. English. digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Ships Fires and fire prevention Navires Incendies et pr�evention des incendies Ships Fires and fire prevention 623.854 Bennett, Alfred John Stevens. Oxford : Pergamon Press ; New York : Macmillan, 1964 (DLC) 63022497 (OCoLC)2937589 9781483199979 1483199975 1483225003 9781483225005 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483199979 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781483199979 Use copy MiAaHDL OCLCE 100406 eng