 | Sir William Edward Parry - 1824 - 700 lehte
...a bunch of half a dozen or more tied together, and generally attached to her needle-case. (25.) . i For the purpose of obtaining fire the Esquimaux use...has spread an inch around, when, the pointed end of apiece of oiled wick being applied, it soon bursts into a flame, the whole process having occupied... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1846 - 190 lehte
...iron pyrites, from which sparks are struck into a little leathern case, containing moss well-dried, and rubbed between the hands. If this tinder does...above the moss. As soon as a spark has caught, it is generally blown till the fire has spread an inch around, when the pointed end of a piece of oiled wick... | |
 | Charles Tomlinson - 1860 - 338 lehte
...more tied together, and generally attached to her needlecase.* The Esquimaux obtain fire by means of two lumps of common iron pyrites, from which sparks...above the moss. As soon as a spark has caught, it is generally blown till the fire has spread an inch around, when the pointed end of a piece of oiled wick... | |
 | 1904 - 522 lehte
...for striking fire."-1 The Eskimo of Melville Peninsula, according to Parry, " use two lumps of common pyrites, from which sparks are struck into a little...has spread an inch around, when the pointed end of a 1 ITouich. Fire. muting Apparatus in the I'. S. National Museum. Smithsonian Report, VSS Museum, Vf8,... | |
 | Zelia Nuttall - 1904 - 524 lehte
...for striking fire.'M The Eskimo of Melville Peninsula, according to Parry, " use two lumps of common pyrites, from which sparks are struck into a little...has spread an inch around, when the pointed end of a 'Hough. Fire making ApparatiiH in the I'. S. National Museum. Smithsonian Report, USS Museum, ls«j,... | |
 | Alice Cunningham Fletcher - 1904 - 588 lehte
...for striking fire.'M The Eskimo of Melville Peninsula, according to Parry, " use two lumps of common pyrites, from which sparks are struck into a little...seed of the ground willow is laid above the moss. As soou as a spark has caught it is gently blown till the fire has spread an inch around, when the pointed... | |
 | 1916 - 824 lehte
...common pyrite*, from which sparks are struck into a little leathern case (see tig. -J5, pi. LXXIV) containing moss well dried and rubbed between the...spark has caught it is gently blown till the fire l,as spread an inch around, when the pointed end of a piece of wick being applied, it soon bursts into... | |
 | Walter Hough - 1926 - 834 lehte
...(Salix lanata), which he held on a lump of dried moss."34 "For the purpose of obtaining fire the Eskimo use two lumps of common iron pyrites, from which sparks...the ground willow is laid above the moss. As soon as the fire has caught it is gently blown until the fire has spread an inch around, when the pointed end... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1927 - 938 lehte
...(Salix lanata), which he held on a lump of dried moss."3< "For the purpose of obtaining fire the Eskimo use two lumps of common iron pyrites, from which sparks...the ground willow is laid above the moss. As soon as the fire has caught it is gently blown until the fire has spread an inch around, when the pointed end... | |
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Esquimaux use two lumps of common iron pyrites, from which sparks are struck into a little leathern case, containing moss well dried and rubbed between the hands. If this tinder does not readily catch, a small quantity of the white floss of the seed of... 