The British Home' Office are consulting fire experts in preparing a scheme for minimising damage caused by incendiary bombs.
It is probable that a booklet will po issued soon to civil authorities and to owners of factories giving suggestions for the protection of buildings and describing the best methods for restricting fires caused by air attack Small incendiary tombs, weighing not more than 2 lb. each, can be scattered in hundreds by raiding airplanes.
loaded with thermit, a mixture of The incendiary bomb, modern
aluminium and iron oxide, attains the temperature of more than 5,000 degrees Fahr, during combustion.
The Hòme Office are considering what can be done to protect gas works, electrical factories, - radio stations and overhead cables.
Experts from the Home Office and the Office of Works went to a factory at Greenford to inspect tests of a material which is claimed to be capable of resisting incendiary: bombs.
The material consists of two sheeis steel keyed by, a patent process to a highly-compressed asbestos core.
Hydraulic machinery with a pressure of more than 4,000 tons. is used in the manufacture of these steel sheets.
Tests were made with thermit, and the results were noted.
Experts from the Army, Navy and the Air Force have all visited the factory recently.
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