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Fire-piston

Fire-piston (length 4 1/8 ins); cylinder of brass; piston of steel

Fire-piston with cylinder of brass and piston of steel

Malayan fire piston, made from buffalo horn

Fire-piston (length 2 1/4 ins); cylinder of turned horn

Fire-piston (length 3 ins); cylinder of turned horn

Fire-piston (length 3 7/8 ins); cylinder (diam 3/5 in) of bamboo

Fire-piston, Philippine Islands

Fire-piston contained in a walking stick

Fire-piston; of glass; very large (length 15 ins); made for demonstration purposes in physical laboratories. France.

Fire-piston

One Malayan fire piston.

Malayan fire piston.

Fire-piston (length 4 1/3 ins); cylinder of thick solid lead, with a deep brass collar; piston of hard wood; piston-head very large; attached by strings are a tinder-holder, formed of a small crocodile's tooth, and a slender wooden cleaning-rod; an exceedingly-heavy example (weighing altogether 22 oz); collected by Mr. C. R. Hose. Baram District, Sarawak.

Fire-piston (length 4 1/3 ins); cylinder of thick solid lead