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
instead of rambling overan extended sur-face, the heat washeightened andflame quickly won.The drill, in its firstestate but an au-ger, hasgoneroundthe 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. Onondaga Indians, Canada. U. S. National Museum. i8 FLAME AND ITS FIRST USES have so much knack in twirling two simple sticks as toeduce fire in but eight seconds. Nature in showering hints upon inventors has notneglected the fire-maker. A suggestion for…
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