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Besides his progress report to Congress, Jim Landis could take some satisfaction last week from showing his OCD predecessor, rolypoly Mayor LaGuardia, longtime Landis critic, that the OCD-approved jet method of quenching fire bombs worked in 15 seconds (TIME, July 27), that the LaGuardia spray method took...
...incendiary bomb with a fine spray. Douse it with a strong stream of water from a hose...
...they are told that a solid stream is far better than a spray because: 1) It extinguishes the bomb in only a few seconds instead of several minutes-and incendiaries are usually dropped in clusters, demand quick action...
...spray gun is a fist-fitting gadget which trails three rubber hoses and a ⅛-in. wire-the charge. Two of the hoses feed acetylene and oxygen (as in welding) to a 6,300° F. flame, melting the wire. From the third hose, compressed air blows the hot-metal droplets in a molten mist that coats a surface with a smooth film as tough as a weld...
...Facing aircraft cylinder heads and other exposed steel parts with aluminum to prevent corrosion by weather, salt sea spray and engine heat (as in exhaust manifolds...