Heyden, Jan van der, Amsterdam, Illustration of the difference in skills of the Old and New Fire Engines for use in extinguishing fires, Illustration of the difference in skills in extinguishing fires between the Hose fire engines, compared with the old engines, Old fire engines and new hose fire engines in practice, 1690, Comparison between the operation and application of old fire engines and the new hose fire engines when extinguishing a fire in a house in the city. On the left the limited range of the old engines, on the right the firefighters can enter the house with the new long strokes and fight the fire sources on the spot. With caption in Dutch and French. Plate 2 in the Brandspuitenboek by Jan van der Heyden., print, prent, prints, prenten, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 365 mm, width 465 mm, 1637-03-05 - 1712-03-28, print maker, prentmaker, 1688 - 1690, fourth quarter 17th century, second quarter 18th century, second quarter 18e century, paper, etching, etchings, eng