Excerpt from Fire Tests With Partitions Recently Conducted in the United States: Being a Report on Tests Made by a Special Committee Under the Guidance of Virgil D. Allen, City Inspector of Buildings, Cleveland, Ohio, U. S. A To establish a reading-room, library and collections for purposes of research, and for supplying recent and authentic information on the subject of Fire Prevention. To publish from time to time papers specially prepared for the Committee, together with records, extracts, and translations. To undertake such independent investigations and tests of materials, methods, and appliances as may be considered advisable. 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.