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The American Iron and Steel Institute sponsored a series of tests by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., to obtain information about flames from burning buildings that would be useful in estimating fire severity outside openings in burning buildings.
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Seigel, L.G. The projection of flames from burning buildings. Fire Technol 5, 43–51 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02591612
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