Talk:M-451 Firestorm

Retraction
I made a factual error in an edit summary, although the edit itself was valid. You can read my full retraction on the Tongue-in-Cheek section of my userpage, but the gist of it is, paper doesn't ignite at 850 °F, which should have been obvious to me while typing, but for some reason didn't. However, it also doesn't ignite precisely at 451 °F either. It actually (generally speaking) ignites somewhere between 424-474 °F, with the range of temperatures being accounted for by different types of paper and whatnot. As for the title of the book Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury was taking a little artistic license. His rationale was that a local firefighter had told him that paper ignites at 451 °F, which, while true, is only partially true. SpartHawg948 05:27, March 14, 2010 (UTC)