The flame was simply of a different kind.

The first instrumental analysis was flame emissive spectrometry developed by Robert Bunsen and Gustav Kirchhoff who discovered rubidium ( Rb ) and caesium ( Cs ) in 1860.

Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. Interred here on Armistice Day 1920, it has the first eternal flame lit in Western and Eastern Europe since the Vestal Virgins ' fire was extinguished in the fourth century.

The Chinese Cheka detachments stationed in Kiev reportedly would attach an iron tube to the torso of a bound victim and insert a rat in the tube closed off with wire netting, while the tube was held over a flame until the rat began gnawing through the victim's guts in an effort to escape.

Salt and vinegar were poured in his wounds, and he was slowly boiled over an open flame.

Miners could place the safety lamp close to the ground to detect gases, such as carbon dioxide, that are denser than air and so could collect in depressions in the mine ; if the mine air was oxygen-poor ( asphyxiant gas ), the lamp flame would be extinguished ( black damp or chokedamp ).

According to the Books of Kings, Elijah defended the worship of Yahweh over that of the Phoenician god Baal ; he raised the dead, brought fire down from the sky, and was taken up in a whirlwind ( either accompanied by a chariot and horses of flame or riding in it ).

Bulwer-Lytton's name lives on in the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants think-up terrible openings for imaginary novels, inspired by the first line of his novel Paul Clifford: It was a dark and stormy night ; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets ( for it is in London that our scene lies ), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness.

In 2012 it was announced that the US State Department would start flame trolling Jihads as part of Operation Viral Peace

The climax was reached with the celebration of the flame of Reason in Notre Dame Cathedral on 10 November.

Once struck, the flame from the cap in turn ignited the main charge of gunpowder, as with the flintlock, but there was no longer any need to charge the touch hole with gunpowder, and even better, the touch hole was no longer exposed to the elements.

When the cannon was fired through the touchhole, turbulence from the initial surface combustion caused the rest of the powder to be rapidly exposed to the flame.

As a warning, he adds that one official, who was bribed into handing some of it over to the Empire's enemies, was struck down by a " flame from heaven " as he was about to enter a church.

This argument was based on the " thunder and smoke " description, as well as on the distance the flame could be projected from a siphon, which suggested an explosive discharge.

After it had reached the proper pressure, a valve connecting the tank with the swivel was opened and the mixture was discharged from its end, being ignited at its mouth by some source of flame.

According to the Talmud, at the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem following the victory of the Maccabees over the Seleucid Empire, there was only enough consecrated oil to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day.

The film, written by Rod Serling, costarred Fredric March as the President and Ava Gardner as a former flame of Lancaster's, was nominated for two Oscars.

But so much is written for the sake of proving that Jesus the Christ is the Son of God and His Apostle, being of old the Word, and appearing sometimes in the form of fire, and sometimes in the likeness of angels ; but now, by the will of God, having become man for the human race, He endured all the sufferings which the devils instigated the Jews to inflict upon Him ; who, though they have it expressly affirmed in the writings of Moses, “ And the angel of God spake to Moses in a flame of fire in a bush, and said, I am that I am, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ,” yet maintain that He who said this was the Father and Creator of the universe.

According to the Talmud, after the Seleucid desecration of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, there was only enough sealed ( and therefore not desecrated ) consecrated olive oil left to fuel the eternal flame in the Temple for one day.

If I lived at Hampstead upon stewed meats and claret ; if I walked to church every Sunday before eleven young gentlemen of my own begetting, with their faces washed, and their hair pleasingly combed ; if the Almighty had blessed me with every earthly comfort -- how awfully would I pause before I sent forth the flame and the sword over the cabins of the poor, brave, generous, open-hearted peasants of Ireland!

At this moment four others sought refuge in my room, crying and writhing with pain, although their garments showed no sign of having been touched by flame.

However, the gas line is still in the wall and burning with a flame that lands on the crystal doorknob, heating it up and shattering it into pieces, (" Don't touch the doorknobs i'm afraid they will they will shatter into millions of pieces and I will get one in my eye.

When I thus have received the flame on my candles, I go out and give the fire first to the Armenian Patriarch and then to the Coptic.

The blazing holy flame burns my withered body.

At this moment four others sought refuge in my room, crying and writhing with pain, although their garmets ( sic ) showed no sign of having been touched by flame.

The flame of the oil lamp represents pure consciousness or a soul without any karmic bondage.

A possible interpretation of the symbolic character of the eternal flame in general according to solemn beliefs which had established during the NS-era especially in SS circles: in the fire they wanted to feel the soul of ancestors.

The symbol of the eternal flame stood for the aspiration of the ancestral soul from which man arises at his birth and which he reenters at his death.

He is also a flame master with the power of the phoenix, being able to capture the soul of a dead person in his flame.

The most notable manifestation of his flame power is Kurenai ( 紅 ), his former lover whose soul was absorbed into his flame after being killed by Kōran Mori.

Before the battle begins, Soma uses one of his souls to transport himself into the mirror in the room, revealing Aguni, the flame demon sealed within Dario's soul.

The poems are, the epigraph tells us, the `` traces of an ancient flame '' ; ;

The back and sides of a particular guitar are typically made of the same wood ; Brazilian or East Indian rosewood and Honduras mahogany are traditional choices, however, maple has been prized for the figuring that can be seen when it is cut in a certain way ( such as " flame " and " quilt " patterns ).

The screen acts as a flame arrestor ; air ( and any firedamp present ) can pass through the mesh freely enough to support combustion, but the holes are too fine to allow a flame to propagate through them and ignite any firedamp outside the mesh.

The congregation lighting their candles from the new flame, just as the priest has retrieved it from the altar — note that the picture is Flash ( photography ) | flash-illuminated ; all electric lighting is off, and only the oil lamp s in front of the Iconostasis remain lit.

A Chinese alchemical text dated 492 noted saltpeter burnt with a purple flame, providing a practical and reliable means of distinguishing it from other inorganic salts, thus enabling alchemists to evaluate and compare purification techniques ; the earliest Arabic and Latin accounts of saltpeter purification are dated after 1200.

And He is called Angel and Apostle ; for He declares whatever we ought to know, and is sent forth to declare whatever is revealed ; as our Lord Himself says, “ He that heareth Me, heareth Him that sent Me .” From the writings of Moses also this will be manifest ; for thus it is written in them, “ And the Angel of God spoke to Moses, in a flame of fire out of the bush, and said, I am that I am, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of thy fathers ; go down into Egypt, and bring forth My people .” And if you wish to learn what follows, you can do so from the same writings ; for it is impossible to relate the whole here.

As the pressure within a cylinder increases, the temperature rises ; and if there is only a single plug, the unburnt fuel away from the original flame front can self-ignite, producing a separate unsynchronized flame front.

Higher octane fuel delays the time required for auto-ignition at a given temperature and pressure, reducing knock ; so by burning the fuel charge faster, two flame fronts can decrease an engine's octane requirement.

Another method is to place a reactive substance in with the gasoline, and treat the label or wrapper paper with another chemical ; when the bottle ruptures, the two chemicals mix and ignite ; this is safer to handle if done properly, and does not betray the thrower with a visible flame prior to the throw.

Commenting upon the effect of a number of Allied victories against Axis forces, and moreover the United States ’ decision to enter the war, Churchill opined that ; “ Hope has returned to the hearts of scores of millions of men and women, and with that hope there burns the flame of anger against the brutal, corrupt invader.