Unlike the warships of Antiquity, Byzantine and Arab ships did not feature rams, and the primary means of ship-to-ship combat were boarding actions and missile fire, as well as the use of inflammable materials such as Greek fire.
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He named a chevau-l�ger captain to be the leader of the firemen, and in order to prevent as it was possible a fire to break out during the siege, he commanded that the residents of the castle to remove from their attics all inflammable materials.
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Some people thought the fire had originated when someone dropped cigar ash or something similar into inflammable materials on board " Shoo Fly ", such as pulu dust, with the fire festering slowly for some time before it was noticed, by which time it was too late.
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Among these were the use of a high-pressure 100 percent-oxygen atmosphere for the test, wiring and plumbing flaws, inflammable materials in the cockpit ( such as Velcro ), an inward-opening hatch that would not open in this kind of an emergency and the flight suits worn by the astronauts.
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In 1979, Rough Trade's first album, " Inflammable Material " by Stiff Little Fingers, reached number 14 in the UK charts and became the first independently released album to sell over 100, 000 copies in the UK . Rough Trade's significance by this time was such that it was made the subject of a South Bank Show documentary.
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""'Inflammable Material " "'is the 1979 debut album by the " Troubles " and the grim reality of life in Northern Ireland with the songs containing themes of teenage boredom, sectarian violence, police oppression, etc ., urging people to " grab it and change it, it's yours " in what became their signature song " Alternative Ulster ".