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Fire: Servant, Scourge, and Enigma
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Author
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Hazel Rossotti.
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Publisher
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Dover
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Format
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paperback
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Product Dimensions
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8.4
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5.3
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0.7
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ISBN
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9780486422619
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Pages/Publication Date
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288/2002
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Daedalus Item Code
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04247
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Description
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Written in a lively style and illustrated with 117 black and white photos, drawings, and ephemera, this book examines the nature of fire, its symbolic significance, and its exploitation and control—from the techniques used to extinguish oil well blazes to the prominence of fire imagery in religion and poetry. Here too are discussions of fire's utility in matters of heating and cooking, lighting and fireworks, explosives and internal combustion, and ceremonies and worship.
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