The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-25

cords were then connected TO a short bow
OF bone, placing the upper end of the up
! right stick between his teeth. he added
| back and forth with the bow. one cord
| unwinding while the other wound up. Civ
| ing TO the drill swift motion at the
Point where il produced first wood pow
der and then combustion. a similar ap-
| paratus. still in use. but requiring the ser
| vices of two persons was the cord drill
| embodyfng all The principles OF the other
continuance. except the application of the
teeth 10 hold the frestick. The Esqui-
mau Improvement beats this. because the
chap who uses his teeth can make fi-e
alone. The Ironquois Indians made use
of a pump drill a very ingenious thins,
in its line. This contrivance Included 4
| spindle set i'm a channel holding finder
the spindle loaded at It's lower end with
a heavy wheel or disk and the upper end
Of the spindle rugged with cords wound
spirally about il and fastened al their
oEds TO a shorter spar held in a horizon
tai position. BY alternately raising and
| lowering tho spar the cords made the
| spindle TO whirl swiftly and TO develop
the desired spark
Whenever fire is produced by these fric-
light making machines are usually OF
time sufficient heat has ben generated 10
the critical moment By judciOus AMI
skillful assistance. II is never Just scratch
and go. but always a demonstration Of
the incest skill and Judgment Among
the Burmese. Halays and some other Far
Eastern tribes. including Australian. the
light making machines are usually on
bamboo. They are simple enough and
not BIT labor saving. one dry stick 81
pretty neari 10 the pithy center. Another
bamboo Is notched on It's convex side
bamboo is prepared with a knife edge.
and this rubber Is drawn rapidly back
and forth in the groove Of the notched
piece until the pith Il reached Hy that
time sucient heat has been generated TO
produce a spark Ia the stem Of the notch
cd reed. and the spark is either caught
al once with bamboo shzyiBgs or per
mitted 20 fail through an opening below
upon finder and thus many Of the Ma
laysians strike light" at this very day.
While people were depending chiefly On
flint and steel and spunks' 20 start their
fires Cagniard de Ia Tour. French gan
les OF inventive tendencies laid the foun-
dation Of a new industry BY producing
the first chemical match This ~as be-
fore the appearance Of the tnstsrta rfous
Iighi- box" reported TO have been inverted
IN Vienna In -. - patented IN TIE
United States. IN 1916 IL vss called the
.mstch-Bsbt box and consisted n =
tin or wooden COX containing a glass bot
tie filed with asbestos soaked vi'h ssl-
phuric acid and wood spslsts tipped vita
sulphur and a specially PREPARED paste.
OF which chlorzfe Of potash vas the pm
cipzl inzrecse7t- The rplsnfs took Ere
when they were dlpgeo IN the acid But
the acid rapidly dessrforste5. 20 r~ae~
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popularity
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