| *BESTSELLER!*by Dick Sylvia, edited by James F. Casey
This time-honored classic has been used to help instruct personnel throughout the country in the science and art of fire service hydraulics. The fundamentals of hydraulics are unchanging. Topics discussed include water distribution systems, friction loss calculations, discharge and nozzle pressures, fire streams, standpipe systems, sprinkler systems, and foam systems.
Contents:
Part I: Theory
Waterat rest and in motion
Velocity and discharge
Part II: Water
Water distribution systems
Fire service pumps
Part III: Practice
Friction loss calculations
Engine and nozzle pressures
Fire streams
Standpipe systems
Automatic sprinkler systems
Part IV: Foam
Fire fighting foams and foam systems
Appendices: Fire stream tables
Friction loss table
Conversion tables
Contents of cylinders
Circumferences and areas of circles
Square roots
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427 pages/Softcover/1970
0-912212-05-5 | 
