Fires
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. Fire is hot because the conversion of the weak double bond in molecular oxygen, O2, to the stronger bonds in the combustion products carbon dioxide and water releases energy (418 kJ per 32 g of O2); the bond energies of the fuel play only a minor role here. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. The flame is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, …
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University of Kent · 1 January 2018 English
This essay gives you an introductory view of the topic of war and social change on the British Home Front by using the changing position of women as a case …
Service “have only helped to man the pumps and fight fires in very special emergencies.”22 Even women who joined …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German
A file containing documents relating to British military activities in West Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the shortage of suitable sites for a new ammunition storage compound; the …
quarter or other accommodation and boiler and ipen fires should be doused or extinguished. / 12. All windows … turned off at the main and the boiler and open fires will be put out. b. All members of the household …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
usl of force in any circumstances, since large fires may have small beginnings. It is precisely because …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
A file of correspondence and reports concerning the internal political situation in Albania. The documents cover discussions with Italian officials and diplomats on the current political situation in Albania; the …
this great treachery. . . . Caught between two fires — the orders of the UDB, which was driven to desperation …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German
A file of correspondence and reports concerning cultural relations between East Germany and the United Kingdom. The documents cover developments within the current Anglo-East German cultural exchange programme; discussions on …
enthusiastically. As you know we are sending the Fires of London (Peter Maxwell Davies's group) to the …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 French
A file containing documents concerning Soviet activity in the West Berlin air corridors and the Berlin Control Zone. Subjects covered in the file include the rules of engagement for hijackings …
aircraft (a) Over West Berlin fires on another aircraft, releases bombs or fires missiles, rockets or guns …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English
won, the Serbs were now extinguishing their home-fires and fleeing from their heartland: Why? "What sort … in this will force us to leave the sites of our fires that " are saturated with the blood of our ancestors …
The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Serbian
A file of correspondence and reports concerning the leading personalities in Yugoslavia. The documents cover the appointment of Petar Stambolić as President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia; the appointment of …
considerable financial damage to the Yugoslav economy. Fires and traffic accidents, usually caused by carelessness …
The National Archives · 1 January 1981 English
K o s s e v a - > ' ' Kosseva Vpeaks of the "fires- ^ "We spoke to all sides and A^. sure," the …
The National Archives · 1 January 1981 French
A file containing documents concerning contacts between the West Berlin Senate and Soviet and East German officials. Subjects covered in the file include the requirement for meetings between the senate …
West Berlin. In the first six months of 1981 13 fires had been started, 115 obstacles had been placed …
