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There had been dozens of exactly similar incidents, but this one proved to be the spark to ignite a long gathering pile of kindling.
Troughs of water were placed in front of these holes, so that any ignited fuel that might drop out would be at once extinguished.
In the sudden thud, hiss, and glare of the igniting trees, the panic-stricken crowd seems to have swayed hesitatingly for some moments.
It was then borne out and laid upon the funeral pyre, which was ignited by a person specially appointed for that purpose.
Cooking fires were kindled by the friction of a wooden spindle rotated in a hearth stick until enough heat was generated to ignite tinder.
Their miners were heard at work when the hose of our mine was ignited; and it was believed they must have sustained some loss.
Some witnesses maintain that the Germans sprayed the earth before the trenches with a fluid which, being ignited, sent up the fumes.
He removed his wallet to his trousers pocket, slipped off his neat jacket and ignited the lining of it with another match.
The accountant stirred the logs with his toe, drew a few whiffs to see that the pipe was properly ignited, and proceeded.
The presence of oxygen can be recognized by the more lively combustion which an ignited splinter of wood undergoes when held in it.
It may therefore be readily imagined how inflammable such a composition would make the wood, and how fiercely it burned when once ignited.
When the boat struck, flying sparks would ignite the dry wood for a considerable distance, and soon the entire waterfront would be ablaze.
Bring the mixture to boiling-point, then remove it from the fire or stove and ignite the fumes which will then be rising freely.
Directly following, walked her aged guru, whose solemn duty it would be, in the absence of a relative, to ignite the funeral pyre.
The political atmosphere of the European nations is full of combustion, and only needs igniting to set the whole in one common blaze.
Because, before the flame of the candle can ignite the paper, the oxygen contained within it is consumed, and the flame is suffocated.
It is well known that a gas is heated when (rapidly) compressed, a quality formerly made use of in the pneumatic fire-tool to ignite tinder.
Trevor had seen flames like that before on Mercury, where volcanic gases blowing up through a fissure had ignited from some chance spark.
They have been also known to upset tumblers containing oil, which is thus spread abroad and likely to be ignited by the falling wick.
Remove the glass; evaporate to dryness, and ignite, at first gently over a Bunsen burner, and afterwards in the muffle at a red heat.
Examining the end of the fuse she saw it was filled with a powdery substance which, when ignited, would explode the bomb.
The sparks from his pipe had ignited the keg of powder which exploded just as Elizabeth was pretending to display her powers.
At that time we used an inflammable liquid for illuminating the tent, and this ignited and added the horror of fire to the scene.
An elephant is naturally afraid of fire, and it has an instinctive horror of the crackling of flames when the grass has been ignited.
The spherical mine case, which contains the explosive charge and the mechanism for igniting it, is only a part of the contrivance.
It is to be abolished for an oil revolving-light, the grate-fire only being ignited upon the leeward side when the wind is very high.
A shell had ignited the long grass in our rear and a light breeze which was blowing soon turned the spark into a conflagration.
Women and children ran along, screaming with fear and constantly stopping to beat one another's garments where the embers had ignited them.
After the carton was completely filled, he ignited the sealing strip and watched as the plastic melted into a single, seamless whole.
For this purpose a weighed quantity was decomposed by passing it through a wrought-iron retort filled with carbon and ignited to redness.
A careless light had ignited the gas which had spread from the flowing oil until it had enveloped everything in the vicinity.
He had wrested the ignited pipe-bomb from his antagonist, and turning quickly he hurled it in a mighty javelin-cast far up the Elbow.
It may be obtained in the spongy form by igniting iridium ammonium chloride, and this variety of the metal readily oxidizes when heated in air.
This was ignited and allowed to burn until entirely consumed, and thus the figure of the divinity remained indelibly delineated in the flesh.
The beak must not enter the flame, as it can then throw into the jet only an inconsiderable portion of the ignited matter.
Instantly half a dozen minds followed suit, the spark igniting the tinder as readily in these strange intelligences, as it does among us.
They would fall into a mass of burning straw, which would scar them terribly, as would also the falling cataract of ignited wisps.
Then, without moving from his chair, he ignited the taper, and put out his hand toward the bell-cord, to summon the porter.
"Those old boards are so damp that it will probably take some time to ignite them, and there's no use waiting to see that," he muttered.
Automatic machinery is employed in preparing the splints of wood and in dipping them into molten paraffin wax and finally into the igniting composition.
The cylinders are cleaned from deposited copper by dissolving off with nitric acid and washing with water; and from grease by igniting.
Return the residue to the platinum dish and ignite to an ash; dissolve in nitric acid, and add this solution to the water extract.
At times, too, as the soot ignited, great showers of bright sparks floated upwards, and afterwards fell, like a fiery rain, on every side.
At times, too, as the soot ignited, great showers of bright sparks floated upward, and afterward fell, like a fiery rain, on every side.
Aristotle taught that they were formed by exhalations, which, rising from the earth's surface, ignited in the upper regions of the atmosphere.
These being extinguished, ten smaller lamps were ignited by means of the same current, each one having an illuminating power equal to forty candles.
In the olden times some people had flint lock pistols without barrels, which were used only to ignite punk for the purpose of fire-building.
They can only be used with safety in cookers which are metal-lined and insulated with material which will not ignite at a low temperature.
The rebels, desperate to achieve their end, commenced to fire hot shells and red-hot shot, which caused a part of the barracks to ignite.
As soon as ignited, the powder cast a brilliant lurid glow over the wavelets, and we seemed to be floating in a literal sea of blood.
The charge is placed on a small wire tripod, and connections are made with a fuse to an electric firing battery for igniting the charges.
These two gases are nearly two thousand times more voluminous than their equivalent of water, and, when ignited, they combine with explosive energy.
From this a thin blade of white lightning flickered down and ignited the grass to windward, just in front of the advancing tempest.
When all the air has been expelled the gas should be ignited as it escapes, and a piece of cool porcelain held over the flame.
When he had crossed, the bridge was ignited, and soon the flames mounted the large frame structure, enveloping it in fire and smoke.
This repels moisture, and also renders it easier to ignite the wood, charring being a process somewhat analogous to the decay of wood by rotting.
Ignited, molten tar was flung off as fire dross by the whirling sails, masses of burning canvas were carried off on the wind.
As we now always perform our drill, and as our present blank cartridges require to be reversed or will not ignite, this objection is removed.
It became a fad with him to do without matches, using as a substitute "lights," tapers of twisted paper to be ignited at the famous stove.
Whatever may be the cargo that the schooner carries, it is evidently of a highly combustible character, and now seems to be fairly ignited.
I laughed at my irate friend, and, igniting a fresh regalia, crossed my feet on the mantel-piece, and remarked, composedly, "Now for the Critics!"
Satisfied, the visitor stepped back to the table and, with a coal from an earthen container, ignited the wicks of dishes of animal fat.
The requisite quantity of sulfur is placed in a pot in the bleaching chamber, and then ignited, after which the doors are shut tight.
For soot to burn, the gases in contact with it must have a temperature high enough to ignite it and sufficient air to support the combustion.
As it proceeded, the priest picked up a vessel containing smothered coals, blew them into life, and ignited the thatch at the four corners.
Not waiting to let it gain headway, she laid the letter upon the flame, and held it there with the tongs till it ignited.
In the state of vapor the explosive mixture passes into the cylinder, where it is ignited at the right moment by a red-hot tube.
Society brings fire to the tow, the brand to the powder, and then lifts its hand to hurl its anathema in case they ignite.
There were numerous instances of most dreadful fires occurring by this suspended flax igniting from some sparks dropping on it from the open fire.
Having wrung the water from our trousers, and dried ourselves as well as we could under the circumstances, we proceeded to ignite the torch.
Hot objects, such as ignited crucibles, should be allowed to cool in the air until, when held near the skin, but little heat is noticeable.
The salts of ammonium formed by it may be removed by igniting, or by evaporating in a porcelain dish with an excess of nitric acid.
On friction the phosphorus is ignited, the combustion being sustained by the oxidizing agent and communicated to the wood by the burning paraffin.
Under cover of darkness, one of the slinking Indians had crept up and ignited a pile of oil-soaked rags against the logs of the building.
It did really appear as if Plums was even slower than usual, and so awkward that two matches were consumed before the wick was ignited.
They were ignited by the rubbing of a phosphorus compound on a priming-composition, and then cast adrift to pour out dense volumes of heavy smoke.
Quickly lifting the lantern slide and turning up the wick, Chick ignited a match, applied it to the burner and adjusted his light.
Creosote is difficult to remove and when it ignites makes a very hot fire that is likely to crack the masonry and char adjacent timbers.
In this condition they are capable of being ignited, and as soon as the flame impinges on the lime cylinder a most intense light results.
The streets were narrow, and the district was full of warehouses, containing all kinds of merchandise, which burnt like tinder when fairly ignited.
Like a flash I struck flint and steel, and ignited the fuse of my gun; at least one of these demons would be silenced forever.
That ignited, and the pig, crazed with pain, rushed toward the house, pushed the wood-shed door open, and brought up in the kitchen.
For this purpose, a weighed quantity was decomposed, by passing it through a wrought-iron retort filled with carbon, and ignited to full redness.
The power jets hadn't started; they were geared with a synchronized heat progression which ignited them only when the proper temperature was reached.
Something had been ignited in him that could never be extinguished, a sacred fire to which everything must bear fuel, whether it would or not.
Then he ignited something in the flame of the candle and placed the burning stuff in his mouth, seeming to chew it with gusto.
The heat was almost intolerable, the crackling of the ignited wood was like the reports of pistols, the dense pall of smoke was suffocating.
Take of gum camphor a piece about one-third the size of an egg and evaporate it over a lamp or candle, taking care that it does not ignite.
The light flashed out, suddenly disappeared and reappeared, and gave the summit of the balloon the shape of an immense jet of ignited gas.
The last of her fuel was ignited and burning out; they were crouched and ready to spring if she should venture forth after more.
These were arranged in boxes, and were accompanied by a vial containing sulfuric acid, into which the match was dipped and thereby instantly ignited.
"Oh, the damp, thick sod that covers it wouldn't ignite as easily as all that," declared Tom, who was waxing enthusiastic over his plan.
The roof was sending forth clouds of smoke, while little jets of flame ignited the dry wood of the huge tower surmounting the structure.
It was, he said, the spark that fell upon, and so ignited, a combustible mass; but the question was, what made the mass combustible?
Chrome oxide, and basic chrome salts, when strongly ignited, become insoluble even in concentrated acids, and their analysis is therefore attended with some difficulty.
Then he ignited a tiny pile of bark films, which soon communicated a warmth to a heap of sticks, which blazed and crackled with some fury.
When required for use, slips of this paper are held over a candle or lamp, in order to evaporate the odorous matter, but not to ignite it.
It is filled with oil and a wick inserted, which hangs or extends outward, and is thus ignited, the flame being exposed to the air.
The object of this wad is to have the powder ignite quicker than it is supposed it would if spread over the base of a large shell.
The first scratch sent the brittle thing into many pieces, and it took time and preparation to ignite some old cotton with a percussion gun.