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Fire piston

A fire piston, sometimes called a fire syringe or a slam rod fire starter, is a device of ancient Southeast Asian origin which is used to kindle fire. It uses the principle of the heating of a gas (in this case air) by rapid and adiabatic compression to ignite a piece of tinder, which is then used to set light to kindling.

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Austronesian peoplesAustronesianThe Malay PeninsulaThe PhilippinesBorneo
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related to General and cited references · 34
Fire piston → An, Annual Report, Arbor Scientific, Birmingham AL ISBN, Board, Company, Crafts, Culture, Europe, Fire Syringe P1-2020Balfour, Fox, Henry, Its Origins, Jamison, John, July, Linda Jamison, Mel Deweese, Menasha Ridge Press, New York
related to Southeast Asia and Madagascar · 21
Fire piston → Austronesian, Borneo, Fire, Flores, Java, Laos, Madagascar, Mainland Southeast Asia, Malay, Malay Peninsula, Myanmar, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asians, Sumatra, Tagalog, Thai, Thailand, The, Their
related to Europe · 15
Fire piston → Abbot Agostino Ruffo, England, Europe, Fire, France, It, Italy, John, Portugal, Ruffo, Subsequently, The, Verona, West, While Ruffo
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Fire piston → Ancient Firemaking MachineYouTube Instructions, Bristol, Chemistry, How, Making Fire PistonUniversity, Naked Scientists, School, The Fire Piston Archived, The Firepiston, Wayback MachineA
related to Description and use · 4
Fire piston → At, Sizes, The, This

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piston fire tinder southeast cylinder pistons air compression used also made asian asia madagascar principle wood bamboo enough temperature gas

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char cloth or amadou work well as tinderinstance ofEasily-combustible materials0.80text
and can also hold an emberinstance ofEasily-combustible materials0.80text
Fire pistonrelated to Description and useSizes0.60section
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Fire pistonrelated to EuropeAbbot Agostino Ruffo0.60section
Fire pistonrelated to EuropeVerona0.60section
Fire pistonrelated to EuropeItaly0.60section
Fire pistonrelated to EuropePortugal0.60section

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