Journal, Volume 8

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Chartered Insurance Institute., 1906
 

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Pagina 112 - includes any rock oil, Bangoon oil, Burmah oil, oil made from petroleum, coal, schist, shale, peat, or other bituminous substance, and any products of petroleum, or any of the above-mentioned oils...
Pagina 193 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
Pagina 113 - The Vale of Siddim was full of slime pits " (Gen. xiv. 10) ; the word which is translated slime in our version appearing as bitumen in the Vulgate. In Genesis ix. 3, in the description of the Tower of Babel, we are told that " slime had they for mortar," whilst in Job xxxix. 6, we find, " and the rock poured me out rivers of oil.
Pagina 190 - Every urban authority shall cause fire-plugs and all necessary works machinery and assistance for securing an efficient supply of water in case of fire to be provided and maintained, and for this purpose they may enter into any agreement with any water company or person...
Pagina 112 - petroleum to which this Act applies " shall mean such of the petroleum defined by section three of that Act as, when tested in manner set forth in Schedule One to this Act, gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than seventy-three degrees of Fahrenheit-s thermometer.
Pagina x - The consideration of all subjects to which the doctrine of probabilities may be applied, as well as the best methods of collecting and applying statistics.
Pagina 236 - It is thus evident that gases and vapours in general are not actually explosive except when mixed with air or oxygen, and then only when the. mixture is in definite proportions. Combustible gases and vapours cannot furnish an explosion on ignition, unless the air with which they are mixed contains just sufficient oxygen — neither less nor more — for the complete combustion of the vapour present; and this quantity differs for each gas or vapour.
Pagina 187 - Expence which may be thereby incurred, and shall also pay to the Commissioners a reasonable Charge for the Use of such Engines with their Appurtenances, and for the Attendance of such Firemen...
Pagina xiii - The objects of the Institute shall be the reading of papers and delivery of lectures upon subjects connected with Insurance business generally, the discussion of all questions relating thereto...
Pagina ix - The reading of papers and delivering of lectures by memners or experts who are not members, upon subjects connected with insurance business generally. (2.) The discussion of all questions relating to such business. (3.) The promotion of social intercourse amongst members of the profession in Birmingham and district. Ordinary General Meetings are held on the last Friday in each month, from October to March, both inclusive. The annual general meeting is held at the beginning of each session. President,...

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