PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHAPTER I. LOCKS, KEYS, ETC.

CHAPTER II. THE ART OF BURGLARY.

CHAPTER III. SAFES AGAINST THIEVES.

CHAPTER IV. SAFES AGAINST FIRE.

CHAPTER V. SECOND-HAND SAFES, ETC.

CHAPTER VI. STRONG-ROOMS.

CHAPTER VII. FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. I. General Construction.

CHAPTER VIII. FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. II. Patent Systems of Construction, and their Application.

CHAPTER IX. FIRE AND ITS DANGERS.

CHAPTER X. EXTINCTION OF FIRE.

APPENDIX. Description of the Plan and Section of Fireproof Warehouse.

LIST OF PATENTS FOR LOCKS AND LATCHES USED AS FASTENINGS FOR DOORS.

LIST OF PATENTS FOR SAFES, ETC., AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF THE SAME.

FOOTNOTES:

PROTECTION
FROM
FIRE   AND   THIEVES

LONDON: PRINTED BY
SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE
AND PARLIAMENT STREET

PROTECTION

FROM

FIRE AND THIEVES

INCLUDING

THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCKS, SAFES, STRONG-ROOMS, AND
FIREPROOF BUILDINGS; BURGLARY, AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING IT;
FIRE, ITS DETECTION, PREVENTION, AND EXTINCTION; ETC.

ALSO

A COMPLETE LIST OF PATENTS FOR LOCKS AND SAFES

BY

GEORGE HAYTER CHUBB

ASSOC. INST. C.E.
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LONDON
LONGMANS,   GREEN,   AND   CO.
1875

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