 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
 | A. Waddingham Seers - 1922 - 216 pages
...produce fire they take two pieces of soft, dry wood ; one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat ; the stick they shape into...obtuse 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... | |
 | A. Waddingham Seers - 1922 - 216 pages
...produce fire they take two pieces of soft, dry wood ; one is a stick about eight or nine inches long, the other piece is flat ; the stick they shape into...obtuse 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... | |
 | James Hastings, John Alexander Selbie, Louis Herbert Gray - 1914 - 922 pages
...they take two pieces of dry Bolt wood ; one is a stick about 8 or 9 inches long, the other piece ia flat : the stick they shape into an obtuse 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... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1911 - 928 pages
...producing fire. They take two pieces of soft dry wood ; one is a stick of 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, cause it to revolve quickly between both hands. By this method fire is produced in less than two minutes.... | |
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