inflammable
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In 1878, The Washington Post published a brief article under the headline, “The Army Medical Museum a Magazine of Inflammable Material.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2017
Inflammable air admitted to alkaline air exhibited no particular appearance.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
Inflammable material is removed from among the living trees, and should a fire occur it would be much easier to fight.
From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson
Inflammable matter may be considered as the pabulum of life.
From Theory of the Earth, Volume 1 (of 4) by Hutton, James
Inflammable air is not thought to be miscible with water, and when kept many months, seems, in general, to be as inflammable as ever.
From Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air by Priestley, Joseph
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