Ignited

Examples

• Here he kept a great mass of wood, high piled, ready to be ignited as a signal should a steamer or a sail top the far horizon. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Charcoal in the furnace being well ignited, ore and charcoal resting on the tray are alternately raked into the furnace. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• This mixture is ignited by an automatic, electric sparking device, and the explosion of the gases drives the piston _P_ to the right. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Notwithstanding these ingenious attempts to produce light by chemical action, the flint-and-steel retained possession of the field until a match was made that ignited by friction alone. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• These were arranged in boxes, and were accompanied by a vial containing sulphuric acid, into which the match was dipped and thereby instantly ignited. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The hammer is split at the end, so as to clasp a match, and to carry its ignited end down to the priming powder when the trigger is pulled. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• At No. 5 a piece of paper saturated with liquid air burns with great energy, and at No. 6 a piece of sponge or raw cotton similarly saturated explodes when ignited. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The red phosphorus is not only harmless, but it is difficult to ignite, and, in order to be ignited by friction, must be rubbed on a surface rich in oxygen. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• If now the gas cock is opened, the escaping gas is ignited, the heat of the flame will raise the mantle to incandescence and will produce a brilliant light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• A thin plate of metal under continuous blows might g row red like ignited iron. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• This cell was broken by a pair of pliers and the acid ignited the composition by contact therewith. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The food substance is put into a chamber _A_ and ignited, and the heat of the burning substance raises the temperature of the water in the surrounding vessel. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• In the making of his engine he followed the idea of a steam engine, but used the flame of an ignited gas jet to create a vacuum within the cylinder instead of steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• These matches were of the same size and form as the Lucifers now in general use, and they ignited readily by friction on sand-paper or other rough surface. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• At the moment the down stroke is completed the compressed mixture is ignited, and, expanding, drives the piston before it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.

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