Flame, electricity and the camera; man's progress from the first kindling of fire to the wireless telegraph and the photography of color (1901)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday & McClure co. · leaf 41
holyfire, where he makes the fire and prepares the food. Among the Sacs and Foxes, the juniors resort to thewhite mans matches, the seniors light 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… … first lighted a fire with flint or Fig. 5. Flint and steel. Otoe Indians. Kansas and Nebraska. U. S. National Museum. friction-Stick and the men of to-day who strike the cheapphosphorus match—perfected as recently as 1840. The 20 FLAME AND ITS FIRST USES later steps in that path have been taken…
Fire · Electricity · Color photography
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