Abstract
AT a joint meeting of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers with the Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France (British Section) held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers on November 15, M. Jean Marie read a paper on the Normandie. He gave a very interesting description of the precautions taken against fire. The first precaution is the use so far as possible of fireproof materials for floor, ceiling and wall coverings. Where the use of materials such as plywood, linoleums, rubber carpets, etc., was unavoidable, these were made almost incombustible by the use of asbestos and fire-resisting paints. The only really combustible materials are the bedding, linen, clothes and the passengers' and crew's luggage. The outbreak of fire is limited by partitioning, six cabins being the maximum in the subdivisions. If a fire, however violent, breaks out in one of them, its extent is limited for more than thirty minutes by the insulating barrier, the temperature remaining normal during this period in the neighbourhood of the attacked cell.
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Technical Features of the Normandie. Nature 136, 842 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136842a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/136842a0