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 46
ght their pipes with flintand steel (Fig. 5), while thepriests still use the bow-drill.The Roman Catholic Church,in its blessing of the new fireon Easter even, carries us backyet farther than to the bow-drill. The officiating priest isrequired to strike the spark froma stone. A long and weary path,… … Fig 5. Flint and steel. Otoe Tndians. Kansas and Nebraska. U. S. National Museum. 20 FLAME AND ITS FIRST USES later steps in that path have been taken through findingsubstances more and more combustible — first of all, thelighter and more resinous woods; then, sulphur; and lastof all, phosphorus.…
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