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. Otherstried coating with clay, washing with mineralsalts and painting with various metallic paints.Some, knowing the protection afforded bycharcoal, suggested charring the surfaces oftimbers to be used in ship construction. Thenthe discovery that timbers from salt mineswere fire-resistant led to… … TWO INTERESTING FIREPLACES THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER EARTHQUAKE PHENOMENA, IN CALIFORNIA ENGINEER URGES INTENSIVE STUDY OF SUBJECT By Captain R. V. Labarre Jl HE only way we knowto deal successfully with any natural phenom-ena is to get acquainted with it, to find outall we can about it, and thus…
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