burning glass

That's how that wise man what's his name with the burning glass.

The technology of the burning glass has been known since antiquity.

The angle was just right for the skull to act as a burning glass.

He felt his will gather into a single hard point, like the sun's rays focused by a burning glass.

That collector field of ours gathers energy just like a burning glass.

We got a nice burning glass for him.

He could feel heat at the back of his neck, as if a burning glass were being mischievously focused on it.

When Pelzed came out, he had a new burning glass and was very proud.

On that bearing, he could come in even if the sun were in his eyes and the water had the glare of a burning glass.

"13 matches, any number of pocket flamers no longer working, and 27 burning glasses.

Burning glasses (often called fire lenses) are still used to light fires in outdoor and primitive settings.

Or broken bottles in the furze act as a burning glass in the sun.

Like under a burning glass, mountain farming shows what happens when you try and master sustainable land management tailored to a particular location.

He produced it by heating red mercuric oxide with a 12 inch diameter burning glass.

Burning glasses and flint and steels are very necessary.

"A burning glass lens for a steam cooker!"

Could the light be ordered, in a fashion similar to what a burning glass will do, except within itself, its power would be almost without limit.

A fire was lit on the morning of the 9th using driftwood, wet matches provided by the steward and the mates burning glass.

The burning glass was a useful contrivance in the days before electrical ignition was easily achieved.

Our knowledge, our experience, our sensitivity, our openness to new ideas - all were put under a burning glass.

He wasn't stupid-on the contrary-but was as narrowly focused as a good burning glass.

You've seen a burning glass, haven't you?"

"You mean it's jest a ole-fashioned burning glass?"

Aspheric reading and burning glasses also outdid their spherical equivalents.

Boys with a Burning Glass.