Cement Is Efficient Exstinguisher For Oil or Bomb Fires

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Fires from oil and incendiary bombs can be extinguished with ordinary Portland cement, says Dr. Roy Cross, president of the Kansas City testing laboratory, who considers it superior to pitch, recently suggested as an extinguisher for incendiary bombs. It has put out fires successfully where water, carbon tetrachloride, foam and similar substances failed. Furthermore, it gives off no injurious gases and is in itself not combustible. Portland cement is readily available and can be stored in kegs wherever there may be danger of fires.

Title (Dublin Core): Cement Is Efficient Exstinguisher For Oil or Bomb Fires
Subject (Dublin Core): en Technology; en Anti-aircraft
Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core): Cement Is Efficient Exstinguisher For Oil or Bomb Fires
Language (Dublin Core): Eng
Temporal Coverage (Dublin Core): World War II
Date Issued (Dublin Core): 1942-07
Is Part Of (Dublin Core): Popular Mechanics, vol. 78, n. 1, 1942
pages (Bibliographic Ontology): 76
Rights (Dublin Core): Public domain
Source (Dublin Core): Google books
References (Dublin Core): Portland; Kansas City
Archived by (Dublin Core): Enrico Saonara

Item sets: Wars of Wonders; full text

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