| 单词 | spontaneous combustion |
| 例句 | I thought of theory number five: spontaneous combustion. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z They’d found it worked on Nico better than nectar, helping to cleanse the fatigue and darkness from his system with less danger of spontaneous combustion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This myth about spontaneous combustion would be accepted as scientific fact far longer than might be imagined. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But while dazzled by the technical finesse, I began to crave, after 100 minutes in the company of puppets, the spontaneous combustion created by the presence of living actors. Review 2010-10-05T23:41:00Z Her character drove much of the action in what many saw as a "wayward" storyline, opening with a dinosaur stranded in Victorian London, and encompassing spontaneous combustion and robots harvesting human remains. Thumbs up for Capaldi's Doctor 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z I wondered if I were going to regret my spontaneous combustion — when it was too late to do anything about it. First Person: Burning Your Diaries: First Person 2011-09-30T22:56:35Z Each is internet famous, with Golden Boy's powers of spontaneous combustion and superstrength placing him on track to join The Seven right after he graduates. "Gen V" is bloody and raunchy enough to live up to the expectations set by "The Boys" 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z But when the strings whirl into a vortex on the hard-charging “Vanishing,” it feels like spontaneous combustion rather than deliberate consideration. Circuit des Yeux battles through grief to create an artistic triumph 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Act Up came together by a kind of spontaneous combustion after a speech by one of its founders, the playwright Larry Kramer. Movie Review: ‘How to Survive a Plague,’ AIDS Documentary by David France 2012-09-20T23:56:55Z Movies caused something like spontaneous combustion in Schérer’s active but frustrated mind. Éric Rohmer’s Elusive Life, Revealed in a New Biography 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z "I was making this radical change in my p hysical biochemistry," Robbins half-shouts at us, making his impromptu jog sound roughly akin to teleporting or spontaneous combustion or time travel. "Breakthrough With Tony Robbins": Robbins needs a little self-help 2010-07-28T19:40:00Z Cramming late 60s psychedelic, glam and baroque pop cliches into songs and twisting them with garage-rock edginess and spontaneous combustion, the throwback collective resembles a nightmare parody of the Doors on their worst night. Pitchfork Festival Day 3: Tree, Foxygen, Killer Mike kick things off 2013-07-22T00:56:00Z So far we’ve seen a sexual harasser eviscerated on the train, spontaneous combustion, a series of murders in preparation for a demon-summoning ritual, and an old gang of exorcising nuns. 'The power of Christ compels you': a pop culture guide to the perfect exorcism 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z When you’re done, hang the rags separately to dry or spread them on the ground in a single layer; don’t leave them in a pile because of the risk of spontaneous combustion. What to do when the dog has worn the floor down to fresh wood 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z The visual focus remains gobby frontwoman Ninja, a diminutive human dynamo so caught up in the joy of noise that she constantly appears on the verge of spontaneous combustion. The Go! Team ? review 2011-02-09T18:45:00Z But Vaillant also characterizes the wildfire as a “regional apocalypse” and imminent flashover—the point of spontaneous combustion in an enclosed space—as “a malevolent entity from another dimension breaking through to this one.” When a Wildfire Burns a City Built for Extracting Oil 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z This can happen for reasons ranging from spontaneous combustion to human irresponsibility. This ghost town is too dangerous for humans because an endless fire burns beneath it 2023-03-04T05:00:00Z In this delightfully outrageous tale, Holmes and sidekick John Watson must determine how and why four government officials have died through spontaneous combustion. Review | 5 new historical novels transport readers 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z Soju, beer and wine are available to help put out any spontaneous combustion. 3 new places for fried chicken — yesssss! — in Seattle and Kirkland 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Others, however, have complained that it produces a feeling of spontaneous combustion in the nether region. Do not put Vicks VapoRub on your hemorrhoids 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z I left Gary with my contact information and the promise — more to myself than to him, I suppose — that I wouldn’t be caught unprepared for spontaneous combustion again. COVID-19 took the joy out of social pot-smoking. Then I found a way to bring it back 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z All that heat is grilling brush and small trees practically to the point of spontaneous combustion, priming them for the smallest spark. The Dixie Fire disaster and me 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The blaze was likely the result of spontaneous combustion from heat built up inside the huge pile of wood pellets, Glynn County Emergency Management director Alex Eaton told The Brunswick News. Warehouse fire is being fed by wood pellets at Georgia port 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z He added, “The failures of virtual world are growing. There’s less innovation, slower speed now in certain decision making, less spontaneous combustion in collaboration.” Column: What we've learned — and what we still don't know — after our pandemic year 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z “At a time when nations and cultures were still separate and very different . . . there occurred a spontaneous combustion of rebellious spirits around the world,” Mark Kurlansky writes in “1968: The Year That Rocked the World.” The Story of 2019: Protests in Every Corner of the Globe 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z “The good news is that it has less chance of spontaneous combustion or having bullets shot through its windows,” one person commented. Twitter community approves mashed potato artwork celebrating Tesla Cybertruck 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z “It’s going to be spontaneous combustion. It’s instant fight, just add water.” Errol Spence vs. Shawn Porter card could crown young champions 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z The Loudoun County fire department said its investigators determined that it was “due to the spontaneous combustion of improperly disposed oily rags.” Loudoun County fire was started by spontaneous combustion of oil rags, authorities say 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Almost eight decades later, in 1976, the American admiral Hyman Rickover concluded that the battleship was destroyed by the spontaneous combustion of coal in a bunker next to ammunition. Is Trump Yet Another U.S. President Provoking a War? 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z “This won’t happen by spontaneous combustion,” said Aaron David Miller, a Middle East scholar at the Wilson Center, calling the administration’s initiative intriguing but “half-baked.” U.S. says the time to end the Saudi-backed war in Yemen is now 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z Looking back on it, the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 seems almost like “a spontaneous combustion,” Mr. Baier observes. When Reagan Met Lenin 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The fire was chalked up to "spontaneous combustion." They married in 1968 as a nation fought for civil rights. 50 years later an interracial couple looks back 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department says the smoldering fire is due to friction causing spontaneous combustion of oil shale embedded in sedimentary rock. Natural oil shale fire smolders at beach near Santa Barbara 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Their possible explanations included electrical faults in a light fitting or an iron, or the spontaneous combustion of towels which had vegetable oil on them. Faulty tumble dryer 'likely cause' of Llanrwst fire deaths - BBC News 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z The National Fire Protection Association estimates that spontaneous combustion is responsible for more than 14,000 fires in the U.S. every year. Enjoy the sun — but watch out for spontaneous combustion 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The other leading contender was disqualified due to spontaneous combustion. Google Pixel Review: The Android iPhone You’ve Been Waiting For 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Happily, in that business the risk of spontaneous combustion is very low. Charred chaebol 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z With the next 30 seconds, the fire is spreading above the ceiling tiles, and the heat causes the spontaneous combustion of other objects in the room and flashover before the fire is four minutes old. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Arkansas newspapers 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z The fire’s origin, according to Stanley’s book, was supposedly because of spontaneous combustion from the electric winds and dust. City of Shields disappearing 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Watching on television, Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh said Clinton and Warren were “the most effective one-two punch there is against Donald Trump. It was like spontaneous combustion.” Clinton and Warren electrify Ohio crowd, sparking visions of a ticket 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z That kind of mental combination, I’ve always assumed, puts you in danger of spontaneous combustion or something. Why Hillary Clinton's 90s nostalgia is so dangerous | Thomas Frank 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z One was prone to spontaneous combustion, and a bottle of it actually exploded in the car trunk of one of Dr. DeVita’s colleagues. Review: Science and Politics Collide in ‘The Death of Cancer’ 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z She, as well as her sister, worked on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, performing such tasks as taking the temperature of coal piles to protect against spontaneous combustion and cleaning tracks and right-of-ways. Area ‘Rosies’ recognized for contributions during WWII 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The Eastman House takes this mission deadly seriously; in 1978, when their nitrate archive was kept in a literal barn, a spontaneous combustion resulted in the loss of more than 450 titles. A beautiful but deadly art is reborn at the Nitrate Picture Show 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z After it was rejected a second time and a meeting with the F.D.A. incensed the advocates, the campaign started “in a spontaneous combustion kind of way.” ‘Viagra for Women’ Gets Push for F.D.A. Approval 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z According to experts, those firms failed to backfill mines after digging, exposing them to the open air and allowing fires to start by spontaneous combustion. India douses century-old coal fires as Modi seeks output boost 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z One critic, George Lewes, objected strenuously when — spoiler alert! — a character in “Bleak House” died from spontaneous combustion. Lost in TV stories, from ‘House of Cards’ to ‘Game of Thrones’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The Seattle Fire Department says the two-alarm fire at a recycling plant apparently started accidentally from smoldering material or spontaneous combustion. Seattle recycling plant fire was accidental 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The team immediately suspected self-ignition, spontaneous combustion that occurs when mounds of organic material like mulch and hay heat up internally until they catch fire. Why did rubble piles spontaneously combust in aftermath of Japanese quake? 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Lignite, prone to spontaneous combustion, often burned on its own. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Almost immediately after the teen’s killing, as if some sort of spontaneous combustion, the city seemed to catch fire with raw emotion. Life and death along Canfield Drive in Ferguson 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z “In the next installment, one character includes references to real cases of spontaneous combustion.” Lost in TV stories, from ‘House of Cards’ to ‘Game of Thrones’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The fire department said the fire was caused by spontaneous combustion due to the tightly packed product and the heat required to cure it. Fire at Danville fiberboard plant investigated 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z This season 31 managers have been sacked, or agreed 'by mutual consent' – that bizarre footballing spontaneous combustion – to disappear in a puff of smoke with a huge payoff. Dropping pilot doesn't stop ship going down – Reading, please note 2013-03-17T23:00:01Z The fire that swept through the seam on 22 February was caused by "sponcom" – spontaneous combustion – a common hazard when miners are working at such depths because of the intense heat. Daw Mill colliery closure marks end of an era for 650 miners 2013-03-07T18:02:27Z The chemical reaction which powers them is not far removed from spontaneous combustion. The future of energy: Batteries included? 2013-01-31T16:02:48Z I don’t think I’ve seen spontaneous combustion in any of today’s TV narratives, but given how grim some of them can be, I might be wrong. Lost in TV stories, from ‘House of Cards’ to ‘Game of Thrones’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z The two other technologies use a water-based solution which is relatively harmless if it leaks out of the container and is far less prone to spontaneous combustion. MIT Professor: Battery Fix Could Ground 787 Until 2014 2013-01-27T15:25:12Z Forty fires were caused by the spontaneous combustion of oily rags and other materials, and 93 by exploding kerosene lamps. Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.?No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:30.823Z Sometimes fights are spontaneous combustions, a punch thrown to avenge a perceived cheap shot. Punched Out: Derek Boogaard: Blood on the Ice 2011-12-04T23:28:15Z They have a lower cold and higher flash test and there is not the liability of spontaneous combustion that exists with animal oils. Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair 2011-12-04T03:00:04.777Z Some of it is liable to spontaneous combustion in the bunkers, some is so charged with sulphur as to be bad for the furnaces, or else it will not keep steam. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z “I heard a policeman say it was spontaneous combustion,” said Frank, “but they always give that as a cause, when they can’t think of any other.” Fenn Masterson's Discovery or, The Darewell Chums on a Cruise 2011-11-07T02:00:19.467Z Thinking is not a case of spontaneous combustion; it does not occur just on "general principles." How We Think 2011-09-16T02:00:18.973Z Not unfrequently, the injurious liquid sets some of these creatures on fire by spontaneous combustion, and, roaring and bellowing, they plunge madly through the mob vomiting forth flames of fire. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z Bulliphant went off in spontaneous combustion—in a kind of blue fire, and the old woman fretted herself out, a couple of years arter; but,' said the Squire, 'I can't be detained. The Puddleford Papers, Or Humors of the West 2011-07-12T02:00:33.027Z Coal, bituminous coal especially, is so bulky and so liable to spontaneous combustion that it is difficult to store. The Coming of Coal 2011-06-17T02:00:17.207Z Every one remembers the ‘spontaneous combustion’ preface to Bleak House. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z Sometimes Dickens goes wholly beyond the reach of pardon, as in the purely horrible and sickening description of spontaneous combustion in Bleak House. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z It might easily have started from spontaneous combustion. Roland Graeme: Knight A Novel of Our Time 2011-05-30T02:00:12.077Z I should have been destroyed by the process of spontaneous combustion if I had not said, 'Invite her in and let her play.' Overshadowed A Novel 2011-05-07T02:00:24.483Z “From the best I can find out I think I am threatened with hydrostatic internal spontaneous combustion.” The Go Ahead Boys and the Mysterious Old House 2011-04-27T02:00:27.420Z We much preferred to believe that the charming little pieces in the Smart Set had no father and no mother except spontaneous combustion. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z If you don't cool the spent fuel, the temperature will rise and there may be a swift chain reaction that leads to spontaneous combustion--an explosion and fire of the spent fuel assemblies. New Threat: Radioactive Spent Fuel 2011-03-15T23:02:23Z You know the one: ticks along, gets five or six in the match ratings; the guy who would have brought Keane close to spontaneous combustion. Why Michael Carrick must shine for Manchester United against Arsenal 2011-03-11T15:59:01Z In the darkness and the dampness deep down in the hills, spontaneous combustion had begun. The Mad Planet 2011-03-02T03:00:25.117Z If the following precautions are taken, fires from accident or spontaneous combustion seldom occur. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z It will be produced not by Edward Royce but by spontaneous combustion. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z For three years, the spontaneous combustion that happens in the pituitary gland -- that giver and taker of estrogen, that regulator of body temperature -- was controlled. FDA orders lower doses in prescription painkillers 2011-01-13T21:50:00Z It is most dangerous and many plants have been burned by its spontaneous combustion. Paper-Cutting Machines A Primer of Information about Paper and Card Trimmers, Hand-Lever Cutters, Power Cutters and Other Automatic Machines for Cutting Paper (Typographic Technical Series Part 1, No. 10) 2010-12-30T03:00:20.623Z The combustion of thought must appear to be a spontaneous combustion. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z Fires are the results of accidents, of spontaneous combustion, and of design. Guide to Hotel Housekeeping 2011-01-27T03:00:39.557Z In future, any spontaneous combustion in Mr. Trummer’s vicinity might be more than inconvenient. Holiday Drinks Issue: The Bartender Played With Fire 2010-12-01T05:30:00Z At the worst points he has seemed on the point of spontaneous combustion. Nottingham Forest a sea of troubles as Billy Davies and Doughty clash 2010-09-03T13:18:00Z The fires — some the result of spontaneous combustion, some lit by municipal workers to make room for more waste — have gotten bigger. Letter from India: Drowning in a Sea of Garbage 2010-04-22T09:40:00Z State what you can on the subject of spontaneous combustion. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers It's a wonder you don't blow up with spontaneous combustion. The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers Folks used to argue man come from a monkey, or from spontaneous combustion, or something. Thy Rocks and Rills "Ay, or by what they call spontaneous combustion, that does n't leave a shred of you?" cried three objectors in turn. A Day's Ride A Life's Romance Indeed, it is very singular how public and commercial organizations continually lose sight of the fact that in the spiritual world spontaneous combustion does not exist. Command A close inspection seemed to indicate that spontaneous combustion of some gasoline carelessly left in an open can had caused it. The Motor Girls on the Coast or, The Waif From the Sea One, of supposed spontaneous combustion of the human body, and the other of paralysis of the kidneys. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University Mrs. Gam. takes in washing; and it is said that her continual dealings with soap-suds and hot water have been the only things in life which have kept her from spontaneous combustion. Devil Stories An Anthology Oppression is a powder magazine exposed always to the danger of explosion from spontaneous combustion. Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822 The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 7 Then as to the cause; he considered it could never be spontaneous combustion, but always accident, unless, indeed, in an exceptional case like the present, said Mr. Holt sotto voce. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement He had really died of spontaneous combustion, which fact gave rise to such a fabulous story. The Grandee Nature is at present in a state of equilibrium, which cannot have been attained until all the spontaneous combustions or oxygenations possible in the ordinary degrees of temperature had taken place. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Take this Manwaring girl--pretty, intelligent, artless little woman, perhaps a bit mature, but fascinating all the same, affectingly naive about her trouble, which was simply spontaneous combustion, one more of those first-sight affairs. Nobody True, the Board of Inquiry, which had investigated the destruction of the Jena, had decided that that catastrophe was due to the spontaneous combustion of the powder in her magazines. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue Slow burning sometimes becomes rapid, and then we have what is called spontaneous combustion. Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One glance the man gave Pat and me, against his own will I think: but it was a spontaneous combustion of his sense of humour. The Lightning Conductor Discovers America We speak of spontaneous generation, spontaneous combustion, spontaneous sympathy, an involuntary start, an unbidden tear, voluntary agreement, willing submission. English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions Prue made a hasty toilet and harassed the cook to the verge of spontaneous combustion, while Mark and his father devoted themselves to their guest. Moods It would be too much to ask any one to believe that this was spontaneous combustion, also! The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue In order to prevent fire, whether arising from accident or spontaneous combustion, every opening, or crevice, communicating with the external atmosphere to be closed. Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction Perhaps in looking over the morning story, he finds that the fire was the result of spontaneous combustion in the grain stored in the elevator. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing It is a sort of spontaneous combustion, as it were, of the feelings, and has to have proper conditions of the atmosphere to make it a success. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Aconite … night boat … sea sick … emetics … exhaustion … stimulants … hard drinking … spontaneous combustion … animal charcoal. Assimilative Memory or, How to Attend and Never Forget At least that is what it looks like to us—a golden buck, forty cents at any good restaurant—in the act of undergoing spontaneous combustion. Cobb's Bill-of-Fare With the shack walls already burning hot and the strong wind, it had been like spontaneous combustion. Land of the Burnt Thigh It was on this voyage, during which they were well tossed about by the frisky Janet, that the ship was set on fire by the spontaneous combustion of some fireworks in one of the cabins. The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson He glanced up at the houses as he sauntered along, appearing almost to expect that some of them would undergo spontaneous combustion for his special accommodation. Life in the Red Brigade London Fire Brigade But the extraordinary circumstance was spread everywhere, with all due amplifications, and thousands flocked to the wharfinger’s yard to witness the effects of spontaneous combustion. Jacob Faithful The ship had a large quantity of coals among her cargo, and there is no doubt it originated in it by spontaneous combustion. Peter the Whaler The hypothesis of those who advocate spontaneous combustion, is, it appears to me, perfectly untenable. Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. “If I could only think of what would be likely to light by spontaneous combustion, it might help us.” Mother Carey's Chicken Her Voyage to the Unknown Isle The prevention of spontaneous combustion in collieries and the extinction of underground fires are duties that fall heavily on many colliery managers. The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student She perished from what is termed spontaneous combustion, an inflammation of the gases generated from the spirits absorbed into the system. Jacob Faithful "Is there such a thing as spontaneous combustion?" Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Combustion occurring in this way is called spontaneous combustion. An Elementary Study of Chemistry It seems to bear on the question of spontaneous combustion. Notes and Queries, Number 191, June 25, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. Captain de Camp has vanished in smoke—he has exploded of spontaneous combustion,—they find him all deceit, leaving a glass eye and a cork leg. Christmas Comes but Once A Year Showing What Mr. Brown Did, Thought, and Intended to Do, during that Festive Season. I didn't wait to be fired—I went off—spontaneous combustion. Jane Journeys On Folks said it was spontaneous combustion, or something—said it got hot workin' in the stacks. The Sagebrusher A Story of the West The spontaneous combustion of hay has been known to set barns on fire. An Elementary Study of Chemistry It is said that the roots, if put into heaps and dried, are liable to spontaneous combustion. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure "One thing sure," continued the farmer, a little uneasily, "that fire must have been caused by what they call spontaneous combustion; or else somebody set it on purpose." Boy Scouts on a Long Hike Or, To the Rescue in the Black Water Swamps A mob is made up of cotton waste, saturated with oil, and a focused idea causes spontaneous combustion. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers Then slight additional heat may produce spontaneous combustion. If You're Going to Live in the Country Certain oils, such as the linseed oil used in paints, slowly undergo oxidation at ordinary temperatures, and not infrequently the origin of fires has been traced to the spontaneous combustion of oily rags. An Elementary Study of Chemistry Active volcanoes, spontaneous combustion, friction, accidental focusing of the sun's image, and other means may have introduced primitive beings to fire. Artificial Light Its Influence upon Civilization But the laws of nature have willed otherwise, and the strongest of us know that it is needless to go into litigation with the laws of gravitation, or spontaneous combustion. Skookum Chuck Fables Bits of History, Through the Microscope Ishmael explained that spontaneous combustion was probably the cause of the fire, and a farmer standing near volunteered his opinion that Angwin had packed his hay damp. Secret Bread At last, under unendurable conditions, spontaneous combustion has followed. The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence To my way of thinking, love isn't a spontaneous combustion. Bought and Paid For From the Play of George Broadhurst Old Sally, in a state threatening spontaneous combustion, bent over the fire, and Mrs. Oleander, in her rocking-chair, superintended. The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week You must have come into existence by some sort of spontaneous combustion in the hold. Israel Potter Ordinary fires, if not kindled, originate either from accident, spontaneous combustion, or incendiarism. Origin of the Anglo-Boer War Revealed (2nd ed.) The Conspiracy of the 19th Century Unmasked The external ends suddenly ignited as though by spontaneous combustion; but in reality that result was effected by the simple process of deflecting the optic ray. The War of the Wenuses Trueman has gained his feet and stands erect, facing an audience that is already fired to the white heat of spontaneous combustion. The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin Spontaneous opinion, like spontaneous combustion, is dangerous when improperly handled and beneficient when rightly directed. The Story of The American Legion One added bit of information would have resulted in spontaneous combustion. Sandy Might not the vulgar, in search of a cause for so singular a phenomenon, which has often occurred, as spontaneous combustion of the human body, find in the powers of witchcraft an easy solution? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 566, September 15, 1832 Jets of steam scatter it broadcast throughout the box in the form of spray, and insures its spontaneous combustion into flame. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama At first a mild heat; then a dull red glow of spontaneous combustion progresses—and presently flame and smoke. Kindred of the Dust When, after great labour, this difficulty had been overcome, part of the embankment, fifty feet in height, which contained alum shale, decomposed, and spontaneous combustion ensued. Rides on Railways One is inclined to suspect that that volcanic megalomaniac would have perished of spontaneous combustion of the brain. The First Hundred Thousand Frederick's Prussia is safe; America and India are to be English, not French; France is on the way towards spontaneous combustion in 1789;--these are the fruits of the long war. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History The report stated that the immediate cause of the disaster was the ignition of fire-damp by naked light, the conditions of temperature being such as to exclude the possibility of spontaneous combustion. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes Wheeler looks about ready for spontaneous combustion, and I got a twinge in my left little toe. The Vertical City The ghost then set a dress on fire, apparently as by spontaneous combustion, and this kind of thing continued. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Democracies wash their dirty linen in public, while absolute governments tuck theirs out of sight, where it usually disappears, but sometimes unexpectedly develops spontaneous combustion. The Land of Deepening Shadow Germany-at-War It might better be characterized as a highly carbonized lignite, likely to contain much sulphur as iron pyrites, rendering them apt to spontaneous combustion and injurious to boiler plates. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient An act of spontaneous combustion had just taken place. Dick Sand A Captain at Fifteen It was arson caused our fire—it was a firebug started it, no spontaneous combustion, as some wad ha' us think. Between You and Me Singly among the broken blocks, and in banks along the ledges, the cactus had burst under the heat, as it were, into the spontaneous combustion of flowery flame. The Round-Up A romance of Arizona novelized from Edmund Day's melodrama There is, however, no reliable evidence to support the belief in the spontaneous combustion of the body. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine They spoke of spontaneous combustion with contempt, and implied they were the boys to put out combustions. Youth, a Narrative Then Mr. Herman Loeb, of St. Louis, committed an act of spontaneous combustion. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It By a kind of spontaneous combustion, the king had taken fire internally; though it was a fire that emitted little heat, it was none the less intense and consuming. Dick Sands, the Boy Captain Jimmy Finn was not burned in the calaboose, but died a natural death in a tan vat, of a combination of delirium tremens and spontaneous combustion. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. There are numerous cases of spontaneous combustion of the human body reported by the older writers. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine It rained all the time we were taking it back from the hulk, and now with this long passage it got heated, and there was another case of spontaneous combustion. Youth, a Narrative It was the finest case of spontaneous combustion physician had ever seen. Doctor Pascal If he doesn't attend to it we shall have a case of spontaneous combustion to record; and we want to avoid that if possible. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston And more, the very dirt is in itself inflammable, and capable, as it festers, of spontaneous combustion. All Saints' Day and Other Sermons Laissez-faire, a blessed release from stupid officialdom, assumes that men will move by spontaneous combustion towards a pre-established harmony. Public Opinion An' it came easy, too—'most like the spontaneous combustion kind that I used to write, only I made it free verse. Dawn We behold spontaneous combustion, a fire self-kindled, but we do not see the activity of the particles of matter that preceded it or penetrate the secret of their mysterious affinities. Time and Change The cause of most fires which have arisen from spontaneous combustion is lost in the consequence. Fires and Firemen: from the Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Vol XXXV No. 1, May 1855 Is there any danger of a barn burning from spontaneous combustion due to a silo being built in the barn? One Thousand Questions in California Agriculture Answered Even though the weather is hot, I don't think this can be a case of spontaneous combustion. The Secret Passage It's only the spontaneous combustion kind that comes all in a minute, without predisposed thinkin'. Dawn From this viewpoint, life is a sort of spontaneous combustion, or, as one scientist expressed it, a succession of fermentations. Nature Cure The fire alarms in the bunkers were in working order, and there had never been a case of spontaneous combustion of coal on board the Maine. Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom "For my part, I believe it was spontaneous combustion," said Lord Marney. Sybil, or the Two Nations This is an example of so-called "spontaneous combustion." An Introduction to Chemical Science The marvel was, how she had escaped spontaneous combustion; but there she was yet, and her clothes likewise. East Lynne Mrs. Gam. takes in washing; and it is said that, her continual dealings with soap-suds and hot water have been the only things in life which have kept her from spontaneous combustion. The Paris Sketch Book An accident on a staircase, spontaneous combustion of a shopkeeper from alcohol, a fire in Peski... a fire in the Petersburg quarter... another fire in the Petersburg quarter... and another fire in the Petersburg quarter.... Crime and Punishment They are perfectly in accord either with my theory of the cigar or the Record's of spontaneous combustion. The Silent Bullet The experiment has no practical value, but is an interesting illustration of the spontaneous combustion of PH3 and of vortex rings. An Introduction to Chemical Science I have always smiled at those cases of spontaneous combustion which, like fusing the component parts of a seidlitz powder, unite two people in a bubbling and ephemeral ecstasy. The Man in Lower Ten Nature is at present in a state of equilibrium, which cannot have been attained until all the spontaneous combustions or oxygenations possible in an ordinary degree of temperature had taken place.... A History of Science — Volume 4 It probably arose," he answered, "from the spontaneous combustion of the cotton. The Survivors of the Chancellor, diary of J.R. Kazallon, passenger There were no clues, and the scientists of that time suggested spontaneous combustion. The Silent Bullet The conditions for "spontaneous combustion" do not differ from those of any combustion. An Introduction to Chemical Science That and two or three other things that form a chemical combination which goes off by itself of spontaneous combustion after a certain time. Tom Swift and His Aerial Warship, or, the Naval Terror of the Seas We bent over and in the flickering light read the message: New York papers full of spontaneous combustion story. The Silent Bullet |
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