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Show Non-lliirnalila tloo.l. The terrible fate ot tome of th Spanish ships struck by American hell ho emphatltatl the new) ot rendering ren-dering wood proof agalnrt Are, If It It henceforth to be employed In naval vattelt. Wood that will not burn l, of course, equally Important In building. build-ing. Itecautly an American Invention for rendering wood non-inflammable haa been tested on a considerable Male In Hnglaud. Th nap I net withdrawn with-drawn from the wood by evaporation In heated vacuum chamber. Then a tlr. proofing solution It forced Into th pore of tbe timber under hydraulia pretture. It li claimed that wood thui troatcd retlttt deoay a well a Are. |