incombustible

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The cruel lesson: Invest in incombustible masonry and stone, or pay the fiery piper.

From Seattle Times • May 30, 2019

On buildings that are “higher than the firefighters’ ladders,” incombustible material must be used, Arconic advises in a fire-safety pamphlet.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 20, 2017

In other European countries, Arconic’s sales materials explicitly instructed that “as soon as the building is higher than the firefighters’ ladders, it has to be conceived with an incombustible material.”

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017

“As soon as the building is higher than the firefighters’ ladders, it has to be conceived with an incombustible material,” a caption says.

From New York Times • Jun. 24, 2017

Ordinary steam coal contains about 85 per cent. of carbon, 7 per cent. of oxygen, and 4 per cent. of hydrogen, besides traces of nitrogen and sulphur and a small incombustible residue.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Williams, Archibald