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Word: waterglass (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1929-1929
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Last week the Bureau of Standards, which made the observations by sending employes to snipe stubs and butts on sidewalks and in office buildings, recommended fireproofing methods. The procedure is to soak matches in non-inflammable waterglass to within the useful half-inch of the head. Cigarets should have a cork tip one inch long and lined with waterglass. Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts inspired the investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Fireproof Fire | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

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