Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 349
2) than itwas to plow to and fro with it. The twirlingmotion made a hole in which the heat producedby the friction was confined in a small space.At first the drilling,was done by twirling thestick between the palms of the hands, but thismade the hands too hot for comfort, and thefire-makers learned… … FIGS. I AND 2. PRIMITIVE FIRE-MAKING. his teeth. If you should undertake to use afire-drill of this kind, it is likely that your jawswould be painfully jarred. By both the methods described above thefire was obtained by rubbing or friction. Thefriction method seems to have been used byall primitive…
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