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Scientific American, Vol. 90, No. 21 (May 1904) (1904)

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istricts round about. of sufficient length to enable the model attached there- any required length of the finest Manila rope), and Practice with the canvas chute fire-escape is taken to to escape the bow wave of the torpedo boat itself. a gun-metal brake, by which the person escaping from To the… … window. coarser than in the preceding models, but they have A Type of Fire Escape Used in English Schools. In the event of an alarm, one rushes to the window proved far more successful. At 25 knots speed, which and opens it, buckles in a moment the canvas sling or is equivalent to 28.788 miles per…

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