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Spontaneous combustion   /spɑntˈeɪniəs kəmbˈəstʃən/   Listen
Spontaneous combustion

noun
1.
Ignition of a substance (as oily rags) resulting from an internal oxidation process.





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... somewhat puerile theories of Vitruvius, or the myths which testify to the importance attached to fire by primeval man, we are at liberty to suppose that a conflagration caused by lightning or by the spontaneous combustion of vegetable materials in a state of fermentation, or other similar phenomena, made known to man the power of fire, and the use it might be to him. The accidental striking together of two flints produced ...
— Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples • The Marquis de Nadaillac


Words linked to "Spontaneous combustion" :   ignition


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