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Firestarter (other)
Firestarter may refer to: Fire making *Fire making devices, including: **Fire drill (tool), a device to start a fire by friction **Firelighter, a small solid fuel tablet for kindling a fire **Fire striker, a piece of carbon steel from which sparks are struck by a suitable rock **Ferrocerium, a modern alternative inaccurately called "flint" **Magnesium alloy fire starter, a device used by hikers **Fire piston, a.k.a. slam rod fire starter * Charcoal starting devices or substances: ** Chimney starter, a metal tube used with kindling ** Electric charcoal starter, using a heating element ** Charcoal lighter fluid, a flammable fluid * A person who starts fires: **Arsonist, a criminal who deliberately sets fire to property **Pyromaniac, a mentally ill person who sets fires **Pyrokinetic, a person having the psychic ability to create and control fire Books *Firestarter (novel), ''Firestarter'' (novel), a 1980 novel by Stephen King Film and television *Firestarter (1984 film), ''Firestar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Making
Fire making, fire lighting or fire craft is the process of artificially starting a fire. It requires completing the fire triangle, usually by heating tinder above its autoignition temperature. Fire is an essential tool for human survival and the use of fire was important in early human cultural history since the Lower Paleolithic. Today, it is a key component of Scouting, woodcraft and bushcraft. Archaeology Evidence for fire making dates to at least the early Middle Paleolithic, with dozens of Neanderthal hand axes from France exhibiting use-wear traces suggesting these tools were struck with the mineral pyrite to produce sparks around 50,000 years ago. At the Neolithic site of La Draga, researchers have found that fungi were used as tinder. Hearths are one of the most common features found at archaeological sites. Ötzi, a well-preserved natural mummy of a man who lived in the Ötztal Alps between 3400 and 3100 BCE, carried material to make a fire ( tinder fungus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
