It is therefore considered an incombustible foodstuff. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
It is a transparent gas, which is incombustible and extinguishes flame. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
It is impenetrable, incombustible, incapable of moistening and of drying. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
~ Carbon dioxide is incombustible, since it is, like water, a product of combustion. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
This is the incombustible wood put down by Paganel in his list of Australian products. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of the Castaways] Reference
Various methods have been devised to cover thatched roofs with an incombustible coating. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The other ingredients named are required to assist in making the incombustible part of the grain. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Here and there, the incombustible materials among the debris showed the lading of particular cars. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in the Sixth Corps A Concise Narrative of Events in the Army of the Potomac, from 1861 to the Close of the Rebellion, April, 1865] Reference
The roof may be protected by having an incombustible ceiling fixed to the underside of the rafters. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 3] Reference
Rock dust is incombustible material and is used to coat coal mines to reduce the chances of explosions. From Wordnik.com. [Regulators Say West Virginia Mine Didn't Meet Safety Standards] Reference
Such almost incombustible materials as hammocks and rows of boxes, drenched with water, flared up in a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference
In addition, the underside of thatch can be protected by fixing an incombustible board ceiling to the rafters. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The most remarkable property belonging to it, is, its being incombustible; that is, it cannot be consumed by fire. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference
In other types of so-called wickless stoves, the burners are equipped with asbestos or other incombustible material. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
This is the period in which the stem acquires its solidity and strength, and most of its incombustible earthy matter. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Apart from sandwiching the roof covering between two incombustible layers there is no way of making them completely fire proof. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
As the oil spreads across the surface, it mixes with the water into an incombustible sludge with the consistency of mayonnaise. From Wordnik.com. [Oil Spill Estimates Raised Fivefold] Reference
I laughed at the idea of hazard from such a source, when the building was one mass of stone, and, of course, as I conceived, incombustible. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
Bind it with incombustible thongs, set a roof to the room. From Wordnik.com. [Ballads] Reference
I think I may say I am old and incombustible enough to be trusted. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian Angel] Reference
Sansculottism will burn much; but what is incombustible it will not burn. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution] Reference
Clay, chalk, and indeed all incombustible substances, may be made red hot. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
Therefore it is called Asbeston, which is as much to say as incombustible. From Wordnik.com. [Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3] Reference
Every effort was made to render them incombustible and incapable of being sunk. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII] Reference
Wax candles then contain no incombustible matter, since they do not require snuffing?. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
Gauze, for mosquito-curtains; to make incombustible; stretched over mercurial horizon. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries] Reference
The ash represents the more incombustible mineral matter, usually of the nature of clay or slate. From Wordnik.com. [The Economic Aspect of Geology] Reference
The most sparkling and pointed flame of wit flickers and expires against the incombustible walls of her sanctuary. From Wordnik.com. [Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection] Reference
The organic elements are furnished chiefly by the atmosphere, and the incombustible matters are supplied by the soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
One reason that peat is, in general, inferior to wood in heating effect, lies in its greater content of incombustible ash. From Wordnik.com. [Peat and its Uses as Fertilizer and Fuel] Reference
They are composed, as you have already learnt, of a metallic basis combined with oxygen; and, from this circumstance, are incombustible. From Wordnik.com. [Conversations on Chemistry, V. 1-2 In Which the Elements of that Science Are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments] Reference
The houses were strongly built, of incombustible material, they being usually of two stories, each story vaulted and practically fireproof. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume VII] Reference
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