 They produce fire with great facility, and spread it in a wonderful manner. To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat : The stick they shape into an obtuse point at one...  System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry ... - Page 92by Friedrich Christian Accum - 1808Full view - About this book
 | William Jones - 1801 - 564 pages
...produce it " they take two pieces of dry soft wood; " one is a stick about eight or nine inches " long, the other piece is flat. The stick " they shape into...point at one " end, and pressing it upon the other, turn " it nimbly, by holding it between both their " hands, as we do a chocolate mill, often " shifting... | |
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1813 - 368 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat : the stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands as we do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
 | General history - 1814 - 798 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat : The stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands as We do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 534 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces o; dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inch< Jong, the other piece is flat : The stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands awe do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1815 - 550 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long) the other piece is flat : The stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands as we do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
 | Robert Hooper - 1817 - 886 pages
...one is a stick, about eight or nine inches long, and the other piece is flat ; the stick they point into an obtuse point at one end, and pressing it upon...nimbly, by holding it between both hands, as we do a chocolate-mill, often shifting tlieir hands up, and then moving down upon it, in order to increase... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 528 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat : The stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands as we do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1826 - 464 pages
...it, they take two pieces of soft wood, one of which is a stick about eight or nine inches long, while the other piece is flat. The stick they shape into...obtuse point at one end, and pressing it upon the flat wood, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands. In doing this, they often shift their... | |
 | Andrew Kippis - 1832 - 234 pages
...one of which is a stick about eight or nine inches long, while the other piece is flat. The stick hey shape into an obtuse point at one end, and pressing it upon the flat wood, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands. In doing this, they often shift their... | |
 | James Cook - 1842 - 636 pages
...To produce it they take two pieces of dry soft wood, one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat : the stick they shape into...point at one end, and pressing it upon the other, turn it nimbly by holding it between both their hands as we do a chocolate mill, often shifting their... | |
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