Ignite

Examples

• To ignite them, a small bottle containing sulphuric acid and asbestos was provided, and they were arranged together in an ornamental taper-stand for the chimney-piece. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To ignite the match it was necessary to draw it briskly through sand-paper. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• To ignite the powder the wheel-lock and snap-haunce were invented by the Germans in the sixteenth century. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the 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.
• Life's flame no longer shall ignite thy clay, Thy phosphur nature, active still, and bright, Above us shall diffuse _post obit_ light. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Then, too, matches made of yellow or white phosphorus ignite easily, and, when rubbed against any rough surface, are apt to take fire. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• 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 latest improvement in chemical matches is the Vesta, which consists of small wax, or stearine tapers, with an igniting composition at the end, consisting of chlorate of potass and phosphorus. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The gauze held the flame of the lamp from passing through and igniting the fire-damp outside. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This can be done by floating on water a light dish containing phosphorus, then igniting the phosphorus, and placing an inverted jar over the burning substance. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The needle gun has in the place of the swinging hammer a rectilinearly sliding bolt, carrying in front a needle which pierces the charge and ignites the fulminate by its friction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• They are then placed flat over a coal fire until the coating of fat ignites, which may burn as freely as required for great hardness. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The electric spark ignites the compressed mixture and drives the piston to the right. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.

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