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Otherwise, the heat dries and carbonizes the wood. Then slight additional heat may produce spontaneous combustion. Then there are more elaborate rebuilding projects such as installing a fire sprinkler system in the cellar. A built-in incinerator located in the cellar with chute opening in the kitchen is excellent for the immediate disposal of trash and rubbish.
Very thin gauze dipped in a solution of silicate of potash diluted with water, and dried, burns without flame, blackens, and carbonizes as if it were heated in a retort without contact of air. As a fire-proofing material it would be excellent were it not that the alkaline reaction of this glass very often changes the coloring matters of paintings and textile fabrics.
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