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  • Fire-stick Jones Strait's Islands in Edge Partington
  • Fire-stick from Hawaiian Islands in Edge Partington
  • Illustration of Iroquois pum-drill for fire-making
  • Fire making set, Ongmagsalik Eskimo in E. Greenland
  • Delft, the Netherlands: left, the city on fire in 1536; right, St Lazarus's House with a resident receiving news of the fire. Engraving, 15--.
  • Fire-making apparatus in Solomon Islands in Edge Partington
  • A branch of Japanese fir (Abies firma). Watercolour by S. Kawano.
  • Old fir tree (Abies webbiana) with pendulous lichens. Watercolour, c.1856.
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Fire tests with textiles : flannelette known as "Non-Flam" flannelette, ordinary flannelette, "Union" flannel, submitted for test by Messrs. Whipp Bros. & Tod, Ltd., Manchester the Committee's report / [British Fire Prevention Committee].
  • Tongues of fire descend on the apostles at Pentecost. Lithograph.
  • Sir John Evelyn's plan for rebuilding London after the fire.
  • Transformations of fire Qi in Yin-Shen years, Chinese woodcut
  • Josephine Girardelli, a woman impervious to fire. Steel engraving, 1819.
  • London, as it appeared before the dredful fire in 1666.
  • Fire-making by sowing after the Burmese and Malay Method
  • Four priests perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Josephine Giraldelli, a woman impervious to fire. Reproduction of an engraving.
  • Four firemen stand in front of their fire-engine. Wood engraving.
  • A city devastated by an earthquake or a fire. Etching, 17--.
  • Groups of people gathered around a fire in a room. Engraving.
  • Martyrdom of a male saint, hanged and tortured with fire. Woodcut.
  • Thirteen different gods perform a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Nine female deities (?) performing a yagna, a fire sacrifice, an old vedic ritual where offerings are made to the god of fire, Agni. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Sarawak: a Kayan man making fire by rubbing cane on wood. Photograph.