Excerpt from Agents' and Inspectors Pocket-Book of Fire Protection Since the publication of my Fire Insurance Agents' and Surveyors' Pocket-book of Information in 1896 many new rules and requirements have been adopted by the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and much that is new in the province of fire protection has been learned by investigation and observation, so that it seems proper at this time that I revise my early book and bring it up to date in all respects, and this is what I have sought to do in this present book, trusting that my efforts will meet with the same favorable reception that my previous book had. This book has been written with the idea of presenting existing conditions and their remedies, and not with the purpose of pre senting dry rules and specifications, nor with the purpose of instructing manufacturers what class of construction is necessary for certain appliances; hence the rules pertaining to the con struction of various machines and appliances have not been incorporated herein unless deemed necessary for the needs of inspection, but how the machines or appliances should be set, where they should be located and all the other necessary in formation which an inspector or special agent should have in order to be fully posted as to how a thing should be, and that he may be able to clearly answer all questions that may be asked him in regard to arrangements, locations, etc., of the various appliances, are treated here in a readable, non-technical and, I hope, understandable manner. Every subject cannot be specifically treated in detail, but each subject has been handled in such a way that it is believed that any conditions arising under it can be properly treated from the information here given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.