Chapters:

George Braithwaite
Paul R. Hodge
John Ericsson
William L. Lay
Moses Latta
Abel Shawk
Joseph L. Lowry
Silsby Manufacturing Co.
Lee & Larned
Reanie & Neafie
Joseph L. Parry (See Reanie & Neafie)
Philadelphia Hydraulic Works (See Reanie & Neafie)
S. W. Landell & Co. (See Reanie & Neafie)
Hunnsworth, Eakin & Co. (See Reanie & Neafie)
E. V. Merrick & Son
George M. Bird & Co.
Murray & Hazlehurst
Bean & Scott
Poole & Hunt
Hinckley & Drury
Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Manchester Locomotive Works (See Amoskeag)
James Nelson
George Wilson (See James Nelson)
John Agnew
Jacob L. Haupt (See John Agnew)
Isaac P. Morris & Co.
Ettengee & Edmond
Alexander Mccausland (See Ettenger & Edmond, and Isaac P. Morris & Co.)
J. B. Johnson
McKay & Gallagher (See J. B. Johnson)
G. J. & J. L. Chapman
Campbell & Whittier
J. M. Stone (See Campbell & Whittier and Hinckley & Drury) William Jeffers
P. S. Skidmore (See William Jeffers)
Clapp & Jones
L. Button
Button & Blake (See L. Button)
Holkoyd & Co. (See L. Button)
John A. Ives & Bro.
R. J. Gould John N. Dennisson (See R. J. Gould)
B. S. Nichols & Co. (See R. J. Gould)
Hunneman & Co.
Cole Bros.
Ahrens Manufacturing Co.
Lane & Bodley (See Ahrens Man. Co.)
Richard Harrell
Joseph Nussey (See Richard Harrell)
John Nichols (See Richard Harrell)
Jucket & Freeman Union Machine Co. (See Jucket & Freeman)
Allen Supply Co. (See Jucket & Freeman)
John L. Knowlton
Campbell & Richards (See John L. Knowlton)
La France Manufacturing Co.
Eaton & Prince
Knowles Steam Pump Works
Hill & Moorlen
Mansfield Machine Works
George F. Blake
Thomas Manning, Jr., & Co.
Waterous Engine Works Co.
American Fire Engine Co.
James Smith
Joseph Banks
Clapp & Banks (See Joseph Banks)
Banks & Buckley (See Joseph Banks)
A. B. Taylor, Son & Co.
Alleeton & Stevens
Arlington Iron Works
Haskell & Jones
E. B. Sintgenich
Watts G. Cory
Knoulson & Kelly
Sheppard Iron Works
A. E. Eaton Cobett & Co.
Kimball

Illustrations:

William T. King.
First Steam Fire-Engine Ever Built - London, 1829.
The Novelty," George Braithwaite, Builder.
Braithwaite's Fourth Engine - The 'Comet." Built for the King of Prussia, in 1832.
Hodge's Steam Fire Engine.
Ericsson's Design For Engine.
Sectional View Of Ericsson's Engine.
John Ericsson.
William L. Lay's Design of Engine.
"Citizens' Gift" Engine of Cincinnati. Built by Latta.
Top View of the "Citizens' Gift."
Cross Section Pump and Steam Cylinder Engine. Built by A. B. & E. Latta.
First Silsby Steam Fire Engine, 1856.
Silsby Piston Engine.
Modern Silsby Engine.
Silsby Rotary Steam Cylinder.
Silsby Rotary Steam Cylinder.
Sections of Silsby Pump and Steam Cylinder.
Section of Silsby Boiler.
Modern Silsby Boiler.
Self-Propeller Built by Lee & Larned.
Manhattan No. 8, New York City. Built by Lee & Larned.
Vigilant Engine, Philadelphia. Built by Hunnsworth, Eakin & Co.
Good Intent No. 30, Philadelphia. Built by S. W. Landell & Co.
Built by the Philadelphia Hydraulic Works.
Weccacoe Engine No. 19, Philadelphia. Built by E. V. Merrick.
Built by Murray & Hazlehurst.
Lawrence No. 7. Built by Bean & Scott.
Washington No. 14, Philadelphia. Built by Poole & Hunt.
Poole & Hunt Pump.
Mazeppa No. 1, Boston, Mass. Built by Hinckley & Drury.
Eagle No. 3, Boston, Mass.
Rotary Pump Engine. Built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Arba Read No. 1, Troy, New York.
Single Pump Barrel Tank Engine. Built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Single Pump U Tank Engine. Built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Single Pump Harp Frame Engine. Built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
Double Straight Frame Engine. Built by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
First Size Double Engine. Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works.
Hartford Conn. Self-Propelling Steam Fire-Engine. Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works.
Fourth Size Single Short Frame Engine. Built by the Manchester Locomotive Works.
Eagle S. F. E. No. 1, Pittsburgh, Pa. Designed by James Nelson.
Fairmount Engine No. 32. Built by John Agnew.
Protection Engine No. 5, New Brunswick, N. J. Built by Jacob L. Haupt.
Good Will Engine, Philadelphia. Built by I. P. Morris.
Built by Ettenger & Edmund.
Johnson Engine Casco No. 5, Portland, Me. Built by J. B. Johnson.
Johnson Pump Patented 1860.
Johnson's Last Design.
Hurricane No. 13, Philadelphia, Pa. Built by Chapman.
Tremont No. 13. Built by Campbell & Whittier.
Single Pump Jeffers Engine.
Single Engine Built by P. S. Skidmore.
Modern Double Clapp & Jones Engine.
Section of Clapp & Jones Double Vertical Engine.
Clapp & Jones Village Engine.
Sections of Clapp & Jones Village Engine.
Sections of Clapp & Jones Modern Boiler and Pumps .
Fire Deflector.
Horizontal Pump, Patented by M. R. Clapp, 1865.
Warren No. 12, Boston, Mass. Built by Button & Blake.
Model of L. Button & Son.
Modern Double Button Engine.
Modern Button Boiler.
Section of Button Engine.
Built by Ives & Son.
Mechanic Engine No. 7, Mobile, Alabama.
Vertical Section of Gould Engine.
Horizontal Pump Patented by J. N. Dennisson, 1866.
Horizontal Section of Gould Pump.
Gould Pump Valve.
Northern Liberty No. 7, Newark, N. J. Built by John N. Dennisson.
Somerville No. 1, Somerville, Mass. Hunneman's First Steamer.
Cole Brothers Double Engine.
Cole Brothers Pump.
Single Pump Ahrens.
Modern Double Ahrens Engine.
Modern Ahrens Boiler.
Top View of Ahrens Boiler.
Bottom View of Ahrens Boiler.
Wilcox Valve.
Section of Ahrens Pump.
Passaic Engine No. 1, Paterson, N.J. Built by Richard Harrell.
Northern Liberty, No. 8, Boston. Built by Jucket & Freeman.
Built by John L. Knowlton.
Latest Improved Double Engine.
La France Single Pump Engine.
La France Rotary Engine.
La France Pump.
La France Pump, Side View.
La France Nest-Tube Boiler.
La France Nest-Tube Boiler.
Knowles Steam Engine.
Shapley Patent Boiler.
Parts of Knowles Pump.
Built by Frank Moorlen & Co., Augusta, Maine.
Rotary Engine.
Built by the Mansfield Machine Works.
Double Piston Engine. Built by the Mansfield Machine Works.
Built by the Blake Manufacturing Co.
Built by Thomas Manning, Jr., & Co.
Waterous Engine.
Columbian Engine.
New "American" Engine.
Section of New American" Engine.
Section of "New American " Pump.
Submerged Flue Boiler.
Bottom Section.
Continental Engine No. 9, Brooklyn, N. Y. Built by James Smith.
Joseph Banks Engine.
Undine Engine No. 52. Built by A. B. Taylor, Son & Co.
Built by Allerton & Stevens.
Built by the Arlington Iron Works.

Chapters:

The Steam Fire-Engine.
Fire.
Precautions Against Fires.
What To Do In Case Of Fire.
Means Of Preventing Fires.
Different Methods Of Extinguishing Fires.
Fire-Escapes.
Fire-Proof Buildings.
Losses By Fire.
Ahrens’ Steam Fire-Engine.
Air.
Elastic Fluids.
Air-Vessels.
Clapp And Jones’ Steam Fire-Engine.
Water.
Silsby Rotary Steam Fire-Engine.
Method Of Working The Steam In The Silsby Rotary Engine.
Discharge Of Water Through Apertures.
Rules.
Steam Fire-Engines.
Names Of Principal Manufacturers Of Steam Fire-Engines In This Country.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine. Early Forms Of Steam Fire-Engines.
Floating Steam Fire-Engines.
The Button Steam Fire-Engine.
Trials Of Steam Fire-Engines.
Instructions For The Care And Management Of Steam Fire-Engines And Boilers.
Engineers.
Firemen.
Useful Information For Engineers And Firemen.
Paid And Volunteer Fire Departments.
Fire-Alarms.
The Gould Steam Fire-Engine.
Routine Of Business In Paid Fire Departments.
Fire-Hose. Hose-Couplings.
Dimensions Of First- And Second-Class Steam Fire-Engines.
Horizontal Distances Thrown By Modern Steam Fire-Engines.
Perpendicular Heights Thrown By Modern Steam Fire-Engines.
The La France Steam Fire-Engine.
High-Pressure Or Non-Condensing Steam-Engines-Fire, Locomotive, And Stationary.
Power Of The Steam-Engine.
Foreign Terms And Units For Horse-Power.
The Power Or Horse-Power Of The Locomotive.
Rules For Calculating The Tractive Power Of Locomotives.
Holloway Chemical Fire-Engine.
Self-Propelling Steam Fire-Engines.
Waste In The High-Pressure Or Non-Condensing Steam-Engines.
Table Comparing Of Modern High-Grade Engines.
Different Parts Of Steam-Engines
The Crank.
The Eccentric.
The Slide-Valve.
Proportions Of Slide-Valves.
Lap On The Slide-Valve.
Lead Of The Slide-Valve.
Friction Of Slide Valves.
Balanced Slide-Valves.
Compression. Clearance.
Automatic Cut-Offs.
Setting Valves.
How To Set A Slide-Valve.
Setting Out Piston Packing.
How To Reverse An Engine.
Dead Centre.
How To Put An Engine In Line.
Proportions Of Steam-Engines According To Best Modern Practice.
The Invention And Improvement Of The Steam-Engine.
Signification Of Signs Used In Calculations.
Units.
The Metric System Of Measures And Weights.
Pumps.
Steam-Pumps.
Blake’s Special Steam Fire-Pump.
Wright’s Bucket-Plunger Steam Fire-Pump.
Proportions Of Steam Fire-Pumps.
Proportions Of Boiler Feed-Pumps.
Proportions Of Marine-Pumps.
Proportions Of Wrecking-Pumps.
Proportions Of Mining-Pumps.
Proportions Of Air-Pumps. Proportions Of Tank-Pumps.
Proportions Of Brewers’ And Distillers’ Pumps.
The Knowles’ Steam Fire-Pump.
Earle’s Steam Fire-Pump.
Directions For Setting Up Steam-Pumps.
The Atlas Steam Fire-Pump.
Conde’s Challenge Steam Fire-Pump.
Holly’s Rotary Steam Fire-Pump. Proper Method Of Locating Steam Fire-Pumps.
The Injector.
The Pulsometer.
The Hydraulic Ram.
Boilers Of Steam Fire-Engines.
Causes Of Foaming In Steam-Boilers.
Evaporation In Steam-Boilers.
Internal And External Corrosion Of Steam-Boilers.
Rule For Finding The Heating Surface Of Steam-Boilers.
Definitions - As Applied To Boilers And Boiler Materials.
Longitudinal And Curvilinear Strains.
Heat.
Latent Heat Of Various Substances.
Caloric.
Combustion.
Composition Of Different Kinds Of Anthracite Coal.
Entire Coal Productions Of The World.
Spontaneous Combustion.
Steam.
Economy Of Working Steam Expansively.
Central And Mechanical Forces And Definitions.
Mensuration Of The Circle, Cylinder, Sphere, Etc.
Properties Of The Circle.
Rules For Finding The Elasticity Of Steel Springs.
How To Mark Engineers’ Or Machinists’ Tools.
To Polish Brass.
Solder.
Cement For Making Steam-Joints And Patching Steam-Boilers.
Joints.
Relative Value Of Foreign And United States Money.

Illustrations:

The Modern Silsby.
Street Scene.
Amoskeag Self-Propelling Engine.
Ahrens’ Steam Fire-Engine.
Clapp & Jones’ Steam Fire-Engine.
Silsby Rotary Crane-Neck Steam Fire-Engine.
Hodges’ Steam Fire-Engine.
Amoskeag Steam Fire-Engine.
The Button Steam Fire Engine.
The Gould Steam Fire-Engine.
The LaFrance Boiler.
The LaFrance Improved Piston Engine.
The Holloway Chemical Fire-Engine.
Diagram Of The Crank.
Piston, Connecting Rod, And Crank Connection.
The Slide-Valve.
Slide-Valve, Eccentric, And Crank.
Blake’s Special Steam Fire-Pump.
Wright’s Bucket-Plunger Steam Fire-Pump.
The Knowles’ Steam Fire-Pump.
Earle’s Steam Fire-Pump.
The Atlas Steam Fire-Pump.
The Challenge Steam Fire-Pump.
Holly’s Rotary Steam Fire-Pump.
Proper Method Of Locating Steam-Pumps.
“Little Giant” Injector.
The Pulsometer.
Clapp & Jones’ Vertical Circulating Steam-Boiler.
The “Latta” Steam-Boiler.
The Silsby Vertical Steam-Boiler.

Chapters:

Chapter VI. History Of Manual Fire Engines.
Chapter VII. Manual Engines: Their Construction, Use, And Management.
Chapter IX. History Of European Steam Fire Engines.
Chapter X. Construction Of Steam Fire Engines.
Chapter XIII. Management Of Steam Fire Engines.
Chapter XIV. Requirements In A Steam Fire Engine.
Chapter XV. Appliances And Equipments For Fire Engines, Manual And Steam.
Chapter XXIV. American Fire Engines.

Illustrations:

Merryweather’s Champion Engine ‘Sutherland.’ 1863.
Hero’s Engine, 2nd Century B.C.
Fire Tools From Agricola. 1618.
Lucar's Engine.
Decaus’ Engine.
J. B.’s Engine, 1634.
Hautsch’s Engine.
Syringe From St. Dionis Backchurch.
Newsham’s Engine, 1725.
Engine Of 17th Century.
Strasbourg Engine, 1739.
Ypres Engine, 1739.
Dutch Engine, 1739.
Roberts’ Small Manual Engine.
Roberts' Gig Engine.
Merryweather’s Small Manual, 1865.
Brigade Engine By Merryweather And Sons, 1865.
Brigade Engine By Shand, Mason And Co., 1865.
The First Steam Fire Engine - Braithwaite And Ericsson, 1829.
Braithwaite's Liverpool Steam Fire Engine.
Braithwaite's "Comet" For The King Of Prussia.
Braithwaite's Last Steam Fire Engine.
Shand And Mason's First Engine, 1858.
"Deluge" - Merryweather And Sons, 1861.
Merryweather's "Torrent", 1862.
Roberts' First Engine (Self-Propelled), 1862.
Cowan’s Steam Fire Engine, 1863.
Roberts' Excelsior, 1865.
Merryweather And Field's Floating Steam Fire Engine, 1865.
Merryweather And Field's Stationary Steam Fire Engine, 1865.
Section Of Field’s Boiler.
Shand, Mason And Co.'s Horizontal Engine, 1865.
Patent Vertical Engine - Shand, Mason And Co., 1865.
Longitudinal Section Of Shard, Mason, And Co.’s Vertical Engine.
Merryweather And Son's Engine, 1865.
Suction Strainer.
Hose Coupling.
Branch Pipe And Nozzle.
Breeching.
Hose Clip Or Suspender.
Hose Clamp.
Stand Pipe.
Dam Open.
Dam Closed.
Goose Neck.
Goose Neck.
Roberts’ Horse Hose Reel, 1861.
Fan Spreader.
Hand Pump.
Preventer.
Axe.
Hose Wrench.
Torch.
The First American Steam Fire Engine - P. R. Hodge, 1840-41.
Engine Of Poole And Hunt, Baltimore, 1865.