Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1900)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 44
nstead of rambling overan extended sur-face, the heat washeightened andflame quickly won.The drill, in its firstestate but an au-ger, has gone roundthe world an effec-tive fire-maker aswell (Fig. 3). Itswielder need un-dertake no searchfor special kinds ofwood, nor is itnecessary that hiswood be… … Fig. 3 Iroquois pump-drill for making fire. OnondagaIndians, Canada. U. S. National Museum. i8 FLAME AND ITS FIRST USES have so much knack in twirHng two simple sticks as toeduce fire in but eight seconds. Nature in showering hints upon inventors has notneglected the fire-maker. A suggestion for an…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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