In addition to statical functions, such as stiffening of the building or room and taking up of loads, they should also meet fire-resisting, sound-insulating and heat-insulating requirements. ❋ Rolf Becher (1993)
Nor is the system feasible where there is much fir or other species less fire-resisting than pine. ❋ Edward Tyson Allen (N/A)
London flats under certain conditions the stairs and corridors [v. 04 p. 0708] must be of fire-resisting materials, while in parts of New York timber buildings are allowed; for illustrations of these see the article ❋ Various (N/A)
"The top of every party-wall and parapet-wall shall be finished with one course of hard, well-burnt bricks set on edge, in cement, or by a coping of any other waterproof and fire-resisting material, properly secured." ❋ Various (N/A)
The cap, made of a fire-resisting substance, fits on to a tubular arrangement, R, fixed in the upper portion of the body of the burner. ❋ Various (N/A)
-- Their fire-resisting qualities and strength at different temperatures. ❋ Herbert M. Wilson (N/A)
A section somewhat similar to the last came into force in London in 1907 under the London Building Act, being framed with a view to require all existing projecting one-storey shops to have a fire-resisting roof, and all existing buildings over 50 ft. ❋ Various (N/A)
In London fire-resisting construction is dealt with in the London Building ❋ Various (N/A)
With regard to premises used in a combined way, as shop and dwelling-house, if in London, and the building exceeds 10 squares, or 1000 sq.ft. super in area, the stairs and a large portion of the building must be built of fire-resisting materials. ❋ Various (N/A)
Government works, as to their strength, durability, suitability as fire-resisting materials, and the methods of analyzing and testing clay products. ❋ Herbert M. Wilson (N/A)
Inquiries looking to the reduction of fire losses are being conducted in order to ascertain the most suitable fire-resisting materials for building construction. ❋ Herbert M. Wilson (N/A)
The importance of fire-resisting construction is being more fully recognized now by all countries. ❋ Various (N/A)
The tests include not only those for compression or crushing strength, but also those for resistance to compressive strains of the prisms and cubes, when raised to high temperatures in muffles or kilns; resistance to weathering, freezing, and thawing; porosity; fire-resisting qualities, etc. ❋ Herbert M. Wilson (N/A)
The work includes determinations of the thermal conductivity of fire clays, concrete, and other building materials, and of their fire-resisting properties; measurements of the thermal expansion and specific heats of fire-bricks, porcelain, and glazes; and investigations of the effect of temperature variations on the various chemical processes which take place in the fuel bed of the gas producer, boiler furnace, etc. ❋ Herbert M. Wilson (N/A)
The first concerns our great American tragedian Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) who, according to James Rees (Colley Cibber), once essayed a fire-resisting act. ❋ Unknown (1920)
Sorel cement for stucco and flooring, in making paper, in fire-resisting paint, in heat insulation, and as a source for carbon dioxide. ❋ Unknown (1915)
Crocidolite or blue asbestos is similar to chrysotile but somewhat inferior in fire-resisting qualities. ❋ Unknown (1915)
Surrounding this zinc wall and providing air insulation is a series of panels constructed of asbestos lumber, very fire-resisting, rigid, and light. ❋ Francis Gano Benedict (1913)
(Colley Cibber), once essayed a fire-resisting act. ❋ Harry Houdini (1900)
Notwithstanding the fire-resisting, metalised stuff of which it was made, I noted that it was twisted and almost burnt through. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)
