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 matter must be kept far from fire; whereas matter that is incombustible may, when a necessary cause occurs, safely pass through the midst of the flame.

From The Parables of Our Lord by Arnot, William

Inflammable bodies possess this power to a great degree.

From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Snelling, Henry Hunt

Inflammable impulse of beauty, The breath of whose ardor is grief; The God, in fulfilment of duty, Hath stamped thee in highest relief!

From The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar by Bradshaw, William Richard

Carnes hurried off and returned with a gang of laborers, who took from the bomber a dozen heavy packing cases of various sizes, several of them labelled either "Fragile" or "Inflammable" in large type.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 by Bates, Harry