Protection from Fire and Thieves / Including the construction of locks, safes, strong-rooms, and fireproof buildings; burglary, and the means of preventing it; fire, its detection, prevention, and extinction; etc.

by George Hayter Chubb

FOOTNOTES:

[1] ‘Construction of Locks and Keys,’ by the late Mr. John Chubb. Read before the Institute of Civil Engineers.

[2] A curved edge had been previously patented by Shore, February 22nd, 1865.

[3] Mr. Braidwood was at the head of the London Fire Brigade; and, after a hardworking and useful life, was killed at the post of duty during the great Tooley Street Fire in 1861, by the sudden collapse of a wall. This fire burnt for a fortnight, and caused the loss of property valued at 2,000,000l. sterling.

[4] See ‘Fire Surveys,’ p. 73.

[5] Extended until 1879, by Judicial Committee of Privy Council.

[6] Extended until 1879, by Judicial Committee of Privy Council.

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