Fire
By: Hazel Rossotti.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Fire
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-270) and index.