The Experimental Fire

Author : Jennifer M. Rampling
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226826546
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Experimental Fire written by Jennifer M. Rampling and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2023-03-08 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 400-year history of the development of alchemy in England that brings to light the evolution of the practice. In medieval and early modern Europe, the practice of alchemy promised extraordinary physical transformations. Who would not be amazed to see base metals turned into silver and gold, hard iron into soft water, and deadly poison into elixirs that could heal the human body? To defend such claims, alchemists turned to the past, scouring ancient books for evidence of a lost alchemical heritage and seeking to translate their secret language and obscure imagery into replicable, practical effects. Tracing the development of alchemy in England over four hundred years, from the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth, Jennifer M. Rampling illuminates the role of alchemical reading and experimental practice in the broader context of national and scientific history. Using new manuscript sources, she shows how practitioners like George Ripley, John Dee, and Edward Kelley, as well as many previously unknown alchemists, devised new practical approaches to alchemy while seeking the support of English monarchs. By reconstructing their alchemical ideas, practices, and disputes, Rampling reveals how English alchemy was continually reinvented over the space of four centuries, resulting in changes to the science itself. In so doing, The Experimental Fire bridges the intellectual history of chemistry and the wider worlds of early modern patronage, medicine, and science.

Author : Trueman Doane Woodbury
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Progress Report on Experimental Use of Fire-breaks Within National Forest Timber Sale Areas in the California Region written by Trueman Doane Woodbury and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Fire-flood Sequences on the San Dimas Experimental Forest written by and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathleen H Almand
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461481120
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structural Fire Resistance Experimental Research written by Kathleen H Almand and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural Fire Resistance Experimental Research – Priority Needs of U.S. Industry provides a synthesis of stakeholder input to a prioritized agenda for research at the National Fire Research Laboratory (NFRL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) designed to accelerate the implementation of performance-based fire engineering for structures. The NFRL presents a broad range of unanswered questions regarding the performance of real structures in fire conditions, and informs performance-based design methods and standards in this field. The authors conducted a comprehensive literature review of large-scale structural fire testing and compiled research needs from a variety of sources. The book addresses major issues of broad concern in the fire community, such as real fire exposure and structural response, composite floor system performance, enhancing modeling performance, and understanding the embedded safety features in design methods. It concludes with a prioritized set of research recommendations for the NIST facility. The scope of issues addressed and broad range of content make this a valuable book for researchers in all aspects of fire resistance experimentation. It will also be useful for those who work with engineering standards for structures.

Author : Hal E. Anderson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.1Z/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mechanisms of Fire Spread Research Progress Report No. 1 written by Hal E. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Yu Wang
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9811364842
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental and Numerical Study of Glass Façade Breakage Behavior under Fire Conditions written by Yu Wang and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the comprehensive results of experimental and numerical investigations of glass façade breakage behavior under fire conditions. First of all, full-scale frame and point-supported glass façades, incorporating single, double and coated glazing, were tested under pool fire conductions. The results determined the effects of different glass frames, types of glass, and thermal shocks on breakage behavior. Small-scale tests, using the Material Testing System (MTS) 810, Netzsch Dilatometer and FE-SEM, were also performed at different temperatures to determine the basic mechanical properties of glazing. In addition, a three-dimensional dynamic model was developed to predict stress distribution, crack initiation and propagation, and has since been employed to identify the breakage mechanisms of different types of glass façade. The numerical results showed very good agreement with the experimental results and verified the model’s ability to accurately predict breakage. Lastly, a theoretical model based on incident heat flux was developed to predict the breakage time and heat transfer in glazing, which served to reveal the nature of interactions between fire and glass.

Author : British Fire Prevention Committee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fires & Fire Test written by British Fire Prevention Committee and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 360 pages
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Download or read book Research Paper SE. written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : George Samuel Rice
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
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Download or read book The Experimental Mine of the United States Bureau of Mines written by George Samuel Rice and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Fire Prevention Committee
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
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Download or read book "Red Books" of the British Fire Prevention Committee written by British Fire Prevention Committee and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: