Heyden, Jan van der, Amsterdam, Illustration of the difference in skills of the Old and New Fire Engines for use in extinguishing fires, Old fire engines and new hose-type fire engines in practice, 1690, Comparison between the operation and application of old fire engines and the new hose-type fire engines in extinguishing a fire in a house in the city. On the left the limited range of the old engines, on the right the firemen can enter the house with the new long strokes and fight the fires 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 361 mm, width 462 mm, 1637-03-05 - 1712-03-28, print maker, prentmaker, 1688 - 1690, fourth quarter 17th century, vier kwart 17e eeuw, paper, papier, etching, engraving, graveren (drukprocedé), intermediary draughtsman