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The Daily Express ..states.: A gronr of ipdustrial magnates, in the stroir rporii of a Liverpool, office,: witnessed secret tests of a remarkable method of rendering fabrics fireproof an, waterproof.
The articles that were rendered immune include canvas, cotton, wood, paint, and silk. Thus an aeroplane fabric, drenched in petrol, was set alight, ibr,t was unliarmed.
Phosphorus was squirted upon the fabrics and it burned for several minutes without result. The pattern on a carpet was not affected. When a blowpipe was used, only the surface was slightly charred. The inventor is a young Liverpool chemist, John S. Hood, aged 24 years. Manufacturers of all types are offering largs sums for the use of the process on license.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 August 1929, Page 3
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