Author: Alvin Romaine LambPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Combustion, Spontaneous
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Spontaneous Combustion as a Cause of Fires
Author: Alvin Romaine LambPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Combustion, Spontaneous
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Notes on Spontaneous Combustion: an appendix to “Notes on the Causes of Fires in Buildings.”
Author: Wyatt A. PAPWORTHFire from Heaven
Author: Michael HarrisonPublisher: Pan
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Fires Caused by Spontaneous Combustion Or Chemical Reaction
Author: Ben EvartsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Combustion, Spontaneous
Languages : en
Pages : 89
Book Description
Fires caused by spontaneous combustion or chemical reaction accounted for an estimated average of 14,070 reported years between 2005 and 2009. These included 3,200 structure fires, 1,150 vehicle fires, 5,250 outside non-trash and unclassified fires, and 4,460 outside trash or rubbish fires. The most common occupancy types for structure fires were residential (50% of fires), storage (12%) mercantile or business (9%) and manufacturing or processing (9%). Half of the vehicle fires (50%) started by spontaneous combustion or chemical reaction occurred in passenger vehicles, and 16% in road freight or transportation vehicles. More than one-third of vehicle fires began in the trunk or cargo area. Unclassified organic materials were the most common item first ignited in outside and unclassified fires (excluding outside trash or rubbish fires) (28%), followed by light vegetation including grass (26%). In outside trash or rubbish fires, wood chips, sawdust, or shavings were the type of material first ignited in 13% of fires. These estimates are based on data from the U.S. Fire Administration's (USFA's) National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA's) annual fire department experience survey.
Spontaneous Combustion of Coal and Mine Fires
Author: S.C. BanerjeePublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9789061915744
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
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The Origin, Extension, & Prevention of Fires and the Relation of Mineral and Vegetable Oils, and Other Materials to Fire. From Letters to "The Times" and an Appendix
Author: John AttfieldNothing to See Here
Author: Kevin WilsonPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062913484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A New York Times Bestseller • A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, People, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, TIME, The A.V. Club, Buzzfeed, and PopSugar “I can’t believe how good this book is.... It’s wholly original. It’s also perfect.... Wilson writes with such a light touch.... The brilliance of the novel [is] that it distracts you with these weirdo characters and mesmerizing and funny sentences and then hits you in a way you didn’t see coming. You’re laughing so hard you don’t even realize that you’ve suddenly caught fire.” —Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Fleishman is in Trouble, New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang, a moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children with a remarkable ability. Lillian and Madison were unlikely roommates and yet inseparable friends at their elite boarding school. But then Lillian had to leave the school unexpectedly in the wake of a scandal and they’ve barely spoken since. Until now, when Lillian gets a letter from Madison pleading for her help. Madison’s twin stepkids are moving in with her family and she wants Lillian to be their caretaker. However, there’s a catch: the twins spontaneously combust when they get agitated, flames igniting from their skin in a startling but beautiful way. Lillian is convinced Madison is pulling her leg, but it’s the truth. Thinking of her dead-end life at home, the life that has consistently disappointed her, Lillian figures she has nothing to lose. Over the course of one humid, demanding summer, Lillian and the twins learn to trust each other—and stay cool—while also staying out of the way of Madison’s buttoned-up politician husband. Surprised by her own ingenuity yet unused to the intense feelings of protectiveness she feels for them, Lillian ultimately begins to accept that she needs these strange children as much as they need her—urgently and fiercely. Couldn’t this be the start of the amazing life she’d always hoped for? With white-hot wit and a big, tender heart, Kevin Wilson has written his best book yet—a most unusual story of parental love.
Real-Life X-Files
Author: Joe NickellPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137276
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
“Excellent background research . . . on-site investigations of mysteries ranging from crop circles and lake monsters to spiritualist mediums and stigmata.” —Booklist As a former private investigator and forensic writer, Joe Nickell has spent much of his career identifying forged documents, working undercover to infiltrate theft rings, and investigating questioned deaths. Now he turns his considerable investigative skill toward the paranormal, researching the most well-known and mysterious phenomena all over the world—spontaneous human combustion, UFO visitations, auras, electronic poltergeists, and many, many more—with an eye toward solving these mysteries rather than promoting or dismissing them. Real-Life X-Files: Investigating the Paranormal examines the cases of over forty paranormal mysteries. Using a hands-on approach, Nickell visits the scene of the so-called unexplainable activity whenever possible and attempts to physically duplicate the miraculous. Whether he’s inflicting stigmata on himself or recreating the liquefying blood of Saint Januarius, Nickell does whatever necessary to eliminate the probable before considering the supernatural. What is left is that much more fascinating. Nickell reports on familiar legends from American history such as the supernatural events surrounding Abraham Lincoln’s death and the supposed crash landing of an alien spacecraft near Roswell, New Mexico. He closely examines claims of the miraculous, from rose petals bearing the likeness of Jesus to photographs of a “golden door” to heaven. Controversial mysteries such as clairvoyance and “spirit painting,” haunted places, and freaks of nature are just a few of the many topics covered. Suspenseful, engrossing, funny, and grounded in scientific methodology, Real-Life X-Files provides real explanations for the “paranormal” activities that have intrigued human beings for centuries.
Fire Effects Guide
Author: Fire in the United States
Author: National Fire Data Center (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fires
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description