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Tables of Contents for Fire
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of plates
ix
I FIRE, THE PHENOMENON
What is fire?
3
4
Fire and flames
7
14
Ignition
21
14
II FIRE FOR COMFORT
Fire for heating
35
15
Fire for lighting
50
17
III FIRE FOR USE
Fire for cooking
67
7
Fire for destruction
74
11
Fire for craftsmen and chemists
85
13
Fire for movement: (1) External fires
98
14
Fire for movement: (2) Internal combustion
112
11
Fire for movement: (3) Pre-packed oxygen
123
6
Fire for movement: (4) Explosives
129
13
Fire for special effects: (1) Pyrotechnics
142
7
Fire for special effects: (2) Smokes
149
5
Fire as timekeeper
154
5
Fire as sleuth
159
6
Fire as polluter
165
14
IV FIRE AS HAZARD
Mankind versus fire: (1) The toll
179
6
Mankind versus fire: (2) Prevention
185
11
Mankind versus fire: (3) Weapons for combat
196
11
Mankind versus fire: (4) Collective strategies
207
18
Nature and fire: towards symbiosis
225
14
V FIRE FOR CONTEMPLATION
Fire and the gods
239
16
Fire and the thinkers
255
11
Main sources
266
5
Acknowledgements
271
6
Index
277