Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 459
untof water applied effectively, and the use of thesmall hose has done much to reduce the dam-age by water at fires in dwellings and flats. Then the Chemical Engine, used consid-erably in the fire departments of several cities,has aided materially in lowering the loss bywater at small fires. The… … THE CHEMICAL ENGINE. leaving very little drip in the apartments orfloors underneath the fire. The tanks of these engines are charged witha solution of bi-carbonate of soda (baking soda)and water, with a small cylinder of sulphuricacid suspended at thlf top. When the tank isinverted, this acid is…
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