OiNTENTS. PAOE Invention of a new Fire-engine in 1672 .182 Introduction of Fire-engines into England 182 The Pompes Portativcs of Paris .. .182 Principles of Science on which the Action of the Fire-engine depends -. 182 Fire-police System in 1668 .. ..183 Regulations for the Suppression of Fires made by the Corporation of London after the Great Fire ..183 Improvements made by the Insurance Companies in the Construction of Fire-engines .184 Independent Fire-engine Establishments maintained by the Insurance Companies of London 184 Sir Frederick M. Eden s Plan for the Formation of a General Fire-engine Establishment .184 Union of Three Fire-engine Establishments in 1825 184 Formation of the present London Fire-engine Establishment 184 General arrangements of the London Fire-engine Establishment 185 Changes made in Fire-engine Establishments since the Year 1833 185 Risks encountered by the Brigade-men in the Discharge of their Duty 185 Means adopted to give prompt Information on the Occurrence of a Fire .. ..185 PAGE Alarms of Fire caused by Atmospherical Phenomena 186 Coolness and System displayed in the Proceedings of the Brigade-men .. ..186 Smoke-proof Dress worn by the Brigade-men at a Fire 187 Ascensive tendency of Smoke .. .187 Floating Fire-engines on the Thames .. 188 Principle of Insurance Companies .. 188 Foreign Fire Insurance Companies .. 189 Life Insurance Company established in the Reign of Queen A nne 189 Life Insurance Offices in London .. .189 Principal Fire Offices in London .. .189 Contribution Societies 189 Extent to which the System of Insurance is carried 190 In early Times the Curfew deemed the most important Preventive Measure against Fire .190 Different Applications of the Term Curfew .190 Ancient Curfew in the possession of the Rev. Mr. Gosling 191 Custom of ringing the Curfew Bell .. 191 Means? proposed within the last Half-century fo(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)