A spark, a flint: How fire leapt to life

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To early man, fire was a divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lightning, forest fire, or burning lava. 2 –Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably “1 answered” stored fire by keeping slow-burning logs alight or by carrying charcoal in pots.

1. Stored means preserving 
2. Unable to make flame for themselves – this means they were unaware as well

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To early man, fire was a divine gift randomly delivered in the form of lightning, forest fire, or burning lava. 2 –Unable to make flame for themselves, the earliest peoples probably “1 answered” stored fire by keeping slow-burning logs alight or by carrying charcoal in pots.

1. Stored means preserving 
2. Unable to make flame for themselves – this means they were unaware as well

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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone.

1. the answer to the third question is chance is it is a synonym for “accidentally made”

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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of primitive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction

1.  you can see the bold letters “making fire was through friction”

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How and where man learned how to produce flame at will is unknown. It was probably a secondary invention, accidentally made during tool-making operations with wood or stone. Studies of primitive societies suggest that the earliest method of making fire was through friction. European peasants would insert a wooden drill in a round hole and rotate it briskly between their palms This process could be speeded up by wrapping a cord around the drill and pulling on each end.

• Read from European peasants to rotate it briskly. ” so rotating is the answer.

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“Percussion” methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the mid-19th century.

• so if read from Percussion” 

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Percussion methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the mid-19th century.

• Read from Eskimos produced and also from the Chinese to conclude your answer 

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Percussion methods of firefighting date back to Paleolithic times, when some Stone Age tool-makers discovered that chipping flints produced sparks. The technique became more efficient after the discovery of iron, about 5000 years ago In Arctic North America, the Eskimos produced a slow-burning spark by striking quartz against iron pyrites, a compound that contains sulfur. The Chinese lit their fires by striking porcelain with bamboo. In Europe, the combination of steel, flint, and tinder remained the main method of firefighting until the “mid-19th century.”

Fire-lighting was revolutionized by the “discovery of phosphorus”, isolated in 1669 by a German alchemist trying to transmute silver into gold.

• The mid  19th centuary mdeans 1850s near this passage the answer flotes.

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Please drag and drop the type of matches in boxes