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Budownictwo ognioodporne w polskiej literaturze naukowej i technicznej XVIII–XIX i początku XX stulecia

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Ulicki B.

Kwartalnik Historii Nauki i Techniki

2019

vol. 64

issue 3

93–145

This article contains the review of Polish-language sources on structural fire protection in Polish territories in the discussed period. Polish and foreign authors, architects, builders and building experts described the problem of fire protection in published handbooks and articles in scientific magazines in that period. Newspaper articles are an additional source of knowledge about fire protection procedures, especially in the case of houses, farms and agricultural buildings. Fires broke out most often in those places, causing social and economic problems. In order to show that the technological solutions and building materials of the Enlightenment era were also used at the beginning of 20th century, some interwar period sources are also discussed. Clay and fat soil in different forms were most often used to protect buildings, because they were easy to access, and the cost of manufacture was very low. Later, thanks to the development of chemical science during Enlightenment revolution, chemical retardants were gradually employed and are still used today. Due to the development of metallurgy industry, steel and cast iron were most commonly used for fire protection. However, it was quickly discovered that those materials also need protection, just as wood. To emphasize the importance of the problem and its relevance today, obligatory law and technical solution applied in 21st century are quoted whenever possible.

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Budownictwo ognioodporne w polskiej literaturze naukowej i technicznej XVIII–XIX i początku XX stulecia