Tissandier, Gaston, 1843-1899, Frith, Henry, 1840-, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London, New York [etc.] Ward, Lock & Co · leaf 190
combination of iron with oxygen is effected much morerapidly under the influence of heat. If, for example, weredden at the fire a nail attached to a wire, and give it amovement of rotation as of a sling, we see flashing outfrom the metal a thousand bright sparks due to the com-bination of iron with… … Preparation of metallic iron. rating, by striking a flint, small particles of iron, which igniteunder the influence of the heat produced by the friction.We can prepare iron in such atoms that it ignites at anordinary temperature by simple contact with the^air. Tobring it to this state of extreme…
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