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ONE fine morning recently, as two ladies were standing together in the drawing-room of a house in this neighbourhood, smoke was observed to rise from the dress of one of them. This was found to be due to ignition by the solar rays focused on her dress by the lens of a graphoscope which stood on the table. Similar cases of accidental concentration of the sun's rays have, I am aware, been recorded. It would be interesting to know whether any serious fires have thus originated. One can easily imagine circumstances which would favour such results from a simple cause.
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M. A Curious Case of Ignition. Nature 27, 509 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027509b0
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