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Spontaneous combustion

Spontaneous combustion

A circumstance where a substance or organism takes fire and burns without an exogenous source. Spontaneous human combustion differs from preternatural human combustibility in that in the latter, some spark or trivial flame sets the fire and the body tissues, which have a greatly enhanced inflammability, continue to undergo incineration without any external heat source or combustible materials. (bergman na. Spontaneous human combustion: its role in literature and science. Pharos 1988;fall;51(4):18-21) combustion is a self sustained burn out of an animal due to lack of oxygen in great heat.


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Re: Issues of EST in whole genome gene discovery

... (e.g. genes for breathing fire without a fireguard would cause spontaneous combustion - a dragons argument for Gof.). 3. diseased stage limitation: on the same line of ...

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Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:46 pm
 
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Re: Spontanious Combustion (Can I do it?)

... ago that showed a very plausible, non-spooky mechanism by which "spontaneous" combustion could occur. In fact, the combustion was anything but spontaneous and involved something ...

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by mahargynot
Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:00 pm
 
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Spontanious Combustion (Can I do it?)

I agree. I personally don't believe in human combustion regardless of facts/news on the subject. For rapid combustion to happen, ... and that will prevent combustion... Consider animals, have we ever heard of spontaneous animal combustion? Pigs contain mor fat than us and are more numerous; ...

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Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:03 am
 
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