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ADDITIONS—JANUARY 1913 27
r 614.541 Y23
Yellow fever; a compilation of various publications; results of the work
of Maj. Walter Reed, Medical corps, United States army and Yellow
fever commission. 1911. (United States. 61st cong. 3d sess. Senate.
Doc. no.822, v.61.)
Contents: Walter Reed, the man, his work, and the appreciation shown of the results
accomplished by him and his associates on the Yellow fever commission, by W. D.
McCaw and others.—The publications of Walter Reed and his associates.—The publications
of James Carroll in regard to yellow fever (pub. after the death of Maj. Reed).—
Reports from sanitary officers in Habana, Cuba.—A few general directions with regard
to destroying mosquitos, particularly the yellow-fever mosquito, by W. C. Gorgas.
Fire Prevention
Croker, Edward F. 614.84 C88
Fire prevention. 1912. Dodd.
Not concerned with fireproof construction, but deals entertainingly with fire prevention
and fire extinction, considering protective measures, alarm devices and fire fighting
equipment. Author was for 27 years in the fire service of New York city and for
nearly 12 years chief of the department.
"Ex-chief Croker has probably seen more fire than any other man in this country.
He has undoubtedly directed the attack against this dangerous and versatile adversary
more often than any other living man." Preface.
r 614.84 C97
Cyclopedia of fire prevention and insurance; a general reference work,
prepared by architects, engineers, underwriters and practical insuranc
men. 4v. 1912. Amer. Technical Soc.
"Bibliography," v.i, p. 1-4.
Exhaustive work on fire insurance, fireproof construction and protective devices.
Freitag, Joseph Kendall. r 693.8 F91
Fire prevention and fire protection as applied to building construction;
a handbook of theory and practice. 1912. Wiley.
Valuable work on principles of fireproof construction. Deals fully with fire resistant
materials and their use in slow-burning and fireproof structures for various purposes.
Discusses causes of fires, and protective equipment.
Steeb, George Velten. 614.84 S81
Agents' and inspectors' pocket-book of fire protection. Ed.2. 1912.
Spectator.
Largely compilation of standard rules and regulations intended to obviate the fire
hazard in various industries. Well arranged.
Engineering
Ahlburg, Prof. r 625.7 A28
Der strassenbau mit einschluss der construction der strassenbriicken.
1870.
Allsop, Robert Owen. qr 621.101 A44
Engineering work in public buildings; power, lighting, heating, ventilation,
water supply. 1912. Spon.
Buildings considered are hospitals, asylums and others of an institutional nature.