The Bookshelf for boys and girls Children's Book of Fact and Fancy part 2 (1912)
University Society, New York · New York : University Society · leaf 35
orefinger under the pyrites to protectthe hand when a spark is being struck off intothe tinder in the bag. With the Iron Age came the use of the flintand steel, and the most ancient specimens ofthese fire-making tools are so nearly like thosefound in many an old garret to-day that de-scription… … CKv^-M-Oa-dlu^ q ^., St««l o fifofc - Ss dew* FIRE-MAKING 231 jecting axle, much as one spins a top. Theflint was pressed against the whirling wheel,anil a shower of sparks fell into the tinderwithin the box. The pocket strike-a-light is still used by the peasants of France for light-ing their…
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