People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 December 1892 — DANGERS OF CELLULOID. [ARTICLE]

DANGERS OF CELLULOID.

lt Is Very Risky to Use Buttons Made of the Material, Mr. C. V. Boys Informs the London Times of the dangers to women through the use of celluloid buttons. One case has come under his notice, in which a lady, standing near a bright fire, had one of the buttons of her dress ignited by the heat, whereby her dress was scorched. Mr. Boys gives the following rough tests of the danger of celluloid ornaments: A gas flame was directed against ons side of an iron ring' the head of a common wax match containing phosphorus was placed on the ring about two inches from the flame, and a piece of the button was similarly placed at au equal distance on the other side. A second piece of the button was also placed on the ring, but at twice the distance from the flame. A small piece of paper was laid lightly over each. After five minutes, the first piece of the button ignited, and burned with a bright flame; after twelve minutes the second piece did the same; while, after seventeen minutes, the match head was still unchanged. On testing it with a light, H immediately burst into flame. A third piece of the button was pinned to the surface of an old duster, which for the purpose of the test was equivalent to a dress, and the duster was hung from a chair in front of an ordinary bright fire, but outside the fender, and at a distance at which- the skirts of a dress might any day be found. In two or three minutes there was a cloud of smoke, and a hole was burned in the duster.