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Here, again, we have a piece of very fine lace, which has been similarly carbonized, and displays the same qualities of ductility and incombustibility.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 601, July 9, 1887 by Various

Half a dozen times the Devil started to go up and see about it—yet, had he not pledged his own incombustibility on his keeping away from the sphere after the first visit?

From The Book of Gud by Hersey, Harold

Such a type of car, in many respects, presented desirable features for subway work as representing the ultimate of absolute incombustibility.

From The New York Subway Its Construction and Equipment by Anonymous