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 39
ndle. The The First Lessons of cottonwood in its crumbling fibre proved Kindled Fire. tile best; the yew, afterward adopted for the bow, was an excellent fire-bringer; in what are now the Southwestern States of the Union, the stalk of yucca and agave were employed with equal success. The dried root… … Fig. 2. Strike-a-light in Use. U. S. National Museum. THE FIRE-DRILL l7 themselves, every region rewarding the seeker with itspeculiar supply, generally abundant. In this service thetouchwood earned its name; the cones of larch and pine,when slightly charred, were efficient in an uncommondegree. In…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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