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File Name: firesyringe_20097
Description: "Place a bit of tinder in the cavity of the piston of the 'fire-syringe'. Put the piston into the open end of the cylinder and force it in, compressing the confined air as abruptly as possible. Promptly remove the piston. The tinder will probably be on fire." — Avery, 1895
Source: Elroy M. Avery School Physics (New York: Sheldon and Company, 1895) 277
Keywords: fire, syringe, piston, machine

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