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Smoke from a fire in a desolate town indicates the beginnings of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
Tarter, Albert Lloyd, 1913-1988.Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]Reference: 10135i
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L'eau et le feu dans les religions antiques : Actes du premier colloque international d'histoire des religions organisé par l'école doctorale les mondes de l'antiquité, Paris, 18-20 mai 1995, université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, école normale supérieure / édités par Gérard Capdeville.
Date: 2004
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The Flixborough disaster : report of the Court of Inquiry / [issued by the] Dept. of Employment.
Date: 1975
Film
They called it fireproof.
Date: 1963
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A man with toothache sits in his nightgown, with a handkerchief around his face, in a surgery [?], and is discovered by "Botsam" in fright to be turning into a devil. Wood engraving by F. Wentworth after H.K. Browne.
Hablot Knight BrowneReference: 17178i
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The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.
Reference: 25121i
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The doctrine of phlogiston established, and that of the composition of water refuted / by Joseph Priestley.
Joseph PriestleyDate: 1800
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A fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867.
Date: 1867Reference: 20077i
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Patent of Robert Copland : economising fuel.
Copland, Robert.Date: 1857
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Myths of the origin of fire : an essay / [J.G. Frazer].
James George FrazerDate: 1930
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The fight against fire : the history of the Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service / by Harry Klopper.
Klopper, HarryDate: 1954
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Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play dice. Engraving by P.F. Basan after M. Österreich after Valentin de Boulogne.
Valentin de BoulogneDate: 1700-1799Reference: 24560i
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Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.
Date: 30 November 1799Reference: 18238i
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Counsel to the afflicted: or, instruction and consolation for such as have suffered loss by fire. With advice to such as have escaped that sore judgment. Contained in the resolution of three questions, occasioned by the dreadful fire in the city of London, in the year 1666 ... / by O[wen] S[tockton].
Owen StocktonDate: 1667
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Fire and fire-raisers / Donald Scott.
Scott, Donald F.Date: [1974]
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Fire precautions in war time / issued from the Lord Privy Seal's Office.
Date: 1939
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A man being carried downstream in a river with a fire-breathing dragon to the right and two men wearing black robes running away to the left
Goullet, Nancy, active approximately 1954-1957Date: 20 December 1954Reference: 2969255i
Part of: Papers of Edward Adamson (1911-1996)
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Traicté du feu et du sel / excellent et rare opuscule du sieur Blaise de Vigenère ... ; trouué parmy ses papiers apres son deceds.
Blaise de VigenèreDate: 1642
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Three men drinking in the light of a flame held by a boy. Aquatint by A. Bissell, c. 1800, after J. Trautmann.
Johann Georg TrautmannDate: 1800Reference: 26783i
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A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.
Reference: 37833i
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A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.
Date: Aug. 6, 1789Reference: 31656i
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Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.
DomenichinoReference: 15839i
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Peter denies knowledge of Christ. Engraving by A. Pauwels after G. Seghers.
Gerard SeghersDate: 1630-1639Reference: 22991i
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Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.
Date: 1 December 1821Reference: 16987i
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Fire safety advice for disabled people.
Date: 1991]

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Smoke from a fire in a desolate town indicates the beginnings of plague. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.

L'eau et le feu dans les religions antiques : Actes du premier colloque international d'histoire des religions organisé par l'école doctorale les mondes de l'antiquité, Paris, 18-20 mai 1995, université de Paris IV-Sorbonne, école normale supérieure / édités par Gérard Capdeville.

The Flixborough disaster : report of the Court of Inquiry / [issued by the] Dept. of Employment.

They called it fireproof.

A man with toothache sits in his nightgown, with a handkerchief around his face, in a surgery [?], and is discovered by "Botsam" in fright to be turning into a devil. Wood engraving by F. Wentworth after H.K. Browne.

The heavens open on the day of judgement; Christ appears above the coast of the Netherlands. Engraving, 16th century.

The doctrine of phlogiston established, and that of the composition of water refuted / by Joseph Priestley.

A fire in the Livingston County Poorhouse, Geneseo, New York: mentally ill women try to escape. Wood engraving, 1867.

Patent of Robert Copland : economising fuel.

Myths of the origin of fire : an essay / [J.G. Frazer].

The fight against fire : the history of the Birmingham Fire and Ambulance Service / by Harry Klopper.

Peter denies knowledge of Christ; men play dice. Engraving by P.F. Basan after M. Österreich after Valentin de Boulogne.

Scenes from the life of Moses before the Exodus. Etching, 1799.

Fire and fire-raisers / Donald Scott.

Fire precautions in war time / issued from the Lord Privy Seal's Office.

A man being carried downstream in a river with a fire-breathing dragon to the right and two men wearing black robes running away to the left

Traicté du feu et du sel / excellent et rare opuscule du sieur Blaise de Vigenère ... ; trouué parmy ses papiers apres son deceds.

Three men drinking in the light of a flame held by a boy. Aquatint by A. Bissell, c. 1800, after J. Trautmann.

A man made up out of chemical apparatus, symbols, and chemicals. Coloured lithograph.

A man so engrossed in news of the French Revolution that he unwittingly sets his wig alight with his candle. Etching, 1789.

Lot, drunk, rests back into the arms of one of his daughters; the other one pours him more wine; in the background his wife watches Sodom burn. Engraving by W. Kent after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino, 1630.

Peter denies knowledge of Christ. Engraving by A. Pauwels after G. Seghers.

Louisa Mabreé, a French midwife being executed in a cage full of cats above a fire. Coloured aquatint.

Fire safety advice for disabled people.