FIRE ENGINEERING

FIRE ENGINEERING

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Francis X. Holt Curt Weldon

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Jack Bennett Walt Hendrick

Francis L. Brannigan Charles G. King

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FIRE ENGINEERING H—H (ISSN 0015-2587), is published monAly by PennWell Publishing Co., 1421 S. Sheridan, Tuba, OK 74112. May 1990, Volume 143, Number 5. Second-class postage paid at Tulsa. Executive, editorial, ond advertising offices at 250 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10001. ^Copyright 1990 by PennWell Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Material may not be reproduced in ony form without written permission of the publisher. Fire Engineering is a registered trademark.

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