Architect and engineer . se we had not yet discovered the meansof controlling the treating process whereby we couldbe certain of its flameproof efficiency. At last came success. We had completed a processof making wood more flameproof and of so controllingour process that we were able to tell exactly thateach piece of wood we turned out was uniformly flame-proof. Look at that door behind you. I can tell youfor a certainty that a fire could be built on the otherside of it, the temperature run up to 1700 degrees F.,and that fire maintained for exactly 60 minutes—not59 minutes—before you or I wou
Architect and engineer . se we had not yet discovered the meansof controlling the treating process whereby we couldbe certain of its flameproof efficiency. At last came success. We had completed a processof making wood more flameproof and of so controllingour process that we were able to tell exactly thateach piece of wood we turned out was uniformly flame-proof. Look at that door behind you. I can tell youfor a certainty that a fire could be built on the otherside of it, the temperature run up to 1700 degrees F.,and that fire maintained for exactly 60 minutes—not59 minutes—before you or I would be even uncom-fortable in this room. If any other door were in itsplace and such a fire applied to it, this room wouldbe filled with smoke and poison gas within ten orfifteen minutes and flames would be eating throughinto this room. Wood can be prepared for every purpose for whichit is used—for doors, walls, panels, beams, floors; forships and yachts; for airplanes and dirigibles; forhotels and office
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