Rollo's Philosophy Fire Author:Jacob Abbott Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. BURNING IRON. When Rolio went out into the kitcnen that evening to get his safety lamp, — the one which he usually took to go to bed, — he fou... more »nd Jonas sitting at the kitchen table reading; and while he was lighting his lamp, he asked Jonas if he would not get him some iron filings the next time he went near any blacksmith's shop. Jonas asked him what he wanted of iron filings, and he said he wanted them to burn. He then repeated to him what his father had said in respect to the combustibility of iron. " I can make iron filings enough for that experiment in five minutes," said Jonas. How ? " said Rollo. " With a file," replied Jonas. " Well," said Rollo; and without waiting to hear anything further, he ran back to the parlor to ask his mother to let him sit uplong enough to see Jonas make a few iron filings to try the experiment. "Won't it do as well to-morrow morning ? " asked his mother. " The scintillations will look brighter in the evening," said Mr. Holiday. "Very well, then," added his mother, "go, and, if Jonas succeeds in his experiment, ask him to send some filings in to us." So Hollo went out to find Jonas again. Jonas was gone. Dorothy said that he had gone after a file. In a few minutes he returned, with a file in one hand, and a large iron spike in the other. "What is the spike for? " asked Rollo. " Only for a piece of iron to file," replied Jonas. So saying, he took a small piece of paper out of a drawer, and laid it upon the table. Then he rested one end of the spike upon the paper, and, holding the other end in his hand, he filed it several times in such a way, that the filings fell down upon the paper. " What fine filings ! " said Rollo. Yes," said Jonas; "the file is almost worn out, and it does not cut very...« less