Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 201, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1918 — Non-Inflammable Celluloid. [ARTICLE]

Non-Inflammable Celluloid.

The usefulness of celluloid as a substitute for various materials is lessened by its extreme Inflammability. Considerable Interest has, therefore, been aroused by the invention by a professor in a Japanese university of a non-combustible, or at any rate slow-burning celluloid. While not exactly fireproof this substance requires a great deal of heat to kindle it, and burns very slowly. The new material is made from the soy bean, which the Japanese have found so widely useful, and it is said, includes the use of formalin to produce a durable, hornlike substance. It is claimed that the Japanese product will be cheaper as well as much preferable’to the combustible celluloid tn which we are accustomed.