Word: firebricks
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They placed the body in an ornate 25-ft.-high kiln, so to speak, made of firebrick. The body was wrapped with gauze and covered with ghee, or clarified butter. All around the people were not exactly somber -- "It is primarily a sad event," a spokesman had said, "but it is also a celebration for our teacher" -- but there was no undue hilarity, no dope, no booze, no Woodstock feel, though everybody said the vibes were good. The weather was spectacular, warm and caressing. Children gamboled in the wildflowers...
...million gallons of water. The water will be stored in two tanks. The 6,000° F heat produced by the shuttle will be tamed by the liquid, generating huge billows of steam from the ducts during and after the launch. At Cape Canaveral, the vents are lined with firebrick; at Vandenberg, they are made from approximately 130,000 cu. yds. of solid concrete. A special vacuuming process was applied to the concrete while it was setting. This sucked out air and moisture quickly, resulting in a nonporous surface that will better resist cracking during blastoff...
Bubbly Sand. Foamsil, a rigid, lightweight, acid-resisting sand insulating material that can be used in lieu of firebrick in lining furnace stacks or pipes subject to corrosion was announced by Pittsburgh Corning Corp. Expected to have wide use in the aeronautical field and also in nuclear energy installations (where its nonabsorptive nature keeps it from acting as a wick), Foamsil may also turn up as insulation in home electric appliances. Cost...
...report simply made the classic case for free trade, even showing how towns in Simpson's own 18th Pennsylvania Congressional District profit from dealing with Venezuela. Said Simpson: "I know that exports to Venezuela of firebrick from Mt. Union and machinery from Waynesboro are important, but they are by no means vital-just gravy . . . For every Venezuelan who buys a refrigerator, I can show you five or six Americans who are on unemployment relief and can't afford...
...India, a sergeant who had been a Cleveland molder cast a sour look at the local foundry facilities: a fire in a sand pit, with hollows scooped in the ground for molds. There were no furnaces, patterns or flasks. So he made his own. With a furnace of firebrick taken from the town dump, his three enlisted men and several Indians turn out 500 different items from junkyard aluminum and used brass cartridge cases...