FIRE ELIMINATION
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
SECRET TESTIS CONVINCE:
MANUFACTURERS INTERESTED.
(Australian Press Association.) , (Received 8.22 aim.) LONDON, August 19. ' The “Daily Express” states that a! group of industrial magnates, in., the strong room of a Liverpool office, wit* nessed secret tests of a remarkable method of rendering fabrics fireproof and waterproof. 1
The articles rendered immune-include ed, canvas, cotton, wood, paint and silk. •' . ■ ’ ’
For instance, airplane fabric, od in petrol and set alight, was unharmed. Phosphorous, squirted upon fabrics, burned for several minutes without result., The pattern on a car*, pet was unaffected when a blow* pipe was used, only the surface being slightly charred.
The inventor is a young Liverpool chemist, John S. Hood, aged 24 ■ years.
Manufacturers of all types are offering large sums for the use of the process on license.
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Northern Advocate, 20 August 1929, Page 5
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133FIRE ELIMINATION Northern Advocate, 20 August 1929, Page 5
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