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The San Francisco earthquake and fire; a brief history of the disaster; a presentation of facts and resulting phenomena, with special reference to the efficiency of building materials, lessons of the disaster (1906)

Himmelwright, Abraham Lincoln Artman, 1865-, Roebling Construction Co · New York, N.Y., The Roebling construction company · leaf 124

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to the lath surface. The light section of the wire clip was quickh heated whenexposed to fire, and thus weakened, it straightened out, permit-ting the entire ceiling construction to fall away from the beamsin many places. Ceiling clips of such light sections are un-desirable, and should not be used… … Wire Ceiling Clip tliat Failed in Moderate Fires. 121

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