Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholic beverages
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Manual of the Metropolitan Board of Health, and the Metropolitan Board of Excise, June, 1869
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholic beverages
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Manual of the metropolitan Board of health and the ... Board of excise
Author: New York city, dept. of health, board of healthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Manual of the Metropolitan Board of Health, and the Metropolitan Board of Excise, June, 1869
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of HealthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholic beverages
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Catalogue of the Astor Library (continuation).
Author: Astor LibraryCatalogue of the Astor Library
Author: Astor LibraryPetroleum and Public Safety
Author: James B. McSwainPublisher: LSU Press
ISBN: 0807169145
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
Throughout the twentieth century, cities such as Houston, Galveston, New Orleans, and Mobile grappled with the safety hazards created by oil and gas industries as well as the role municipal governments should play in protecting the public from these threats. James B. McSwain’s Petroleum and Public Safety reveals how officials in these cities created standards based on technical, scientific, and engineering knowledge to devise politically workable ordinances related to the storage and handling of fuel. Each of the cities studied in this volume struggled through protracted debates regarding the regulation of crude petroleum and fuel oil, sparked by the famous Spindletop strike of 1901 and the regional oil boom in the decades that followed. Municipal governments sought to ensure the safety of their citizens while still reaping lucrative economic benefits from local petroleum industry activities. Drawing on historical antecedents such as fire-protection engineering, the cities of the Gulf South came to adopt voluntary, consensual fire codes issued by insurance associations and standards organizations such as the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the National Fire Protection Association, and the Southern Standard Building Code Conference. The culmination of such efforts was the creation of the International Fire Code, an overarching fire-protection guide that is widely used in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. In devising ordinances, Gulf South officials pursued the politics of risk management, as they hammered out strategies to eliminate or mitigate the dangers associated with petroleum industries and to reduce the possible consequences of catastrophic oil explosions and fires. Using an array of original sources, including newspapers, municipal records, fire-insurance documents, and risk-management literature, McSwain demonstrates that Gulf South cities played a vital role in twentieth-century modernization.
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-general's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Medical libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
Catalogue of Books on Natural Science in the Radcliffe Library at the Oxford University Museum, Up to December, 1872
Author: Radcliffe Library (University of Oxford)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Municipal Reference Library Notes
Author: New York Public Library. Municipal Reference LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 734
Book Description