The Ladies Life Preserver from Fire. Invented by Frederick Versmann and containing Wolfram ores, colours, tungstate of soda, dresses and other textiles when steeped in a solution of this compound were rendered non-inflammable, without injury to texture, colour or appearance. Exhibited at The International Exhibition of 1862. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862.

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