Is a Moth Attracted by a Light?
It seems to be a strange contradiction of the nature of living things that a moth should fly deliberately into a light or dash itself to death against the glass surrounding a strong light. This is contrary to the usual law of nature which gives the living thing an instinct to protect itself against enemies.
For a long time we thought that moths did not deliberately burn themselves up by flying right into a light, but our naturalists have proven that not only moths but certain birds, bees, flies and butterflies, burn themselves up by flying into the flame of a light or fire.
HOW MAN LEARNED TO MAKE A FIRE
SAWING
This was probably man’s first method of producing fire. By rubbing two sticks together in this way sufficient heat was produced to set fire to easily burnable material such as dried grass, etc.
DRILLING
An improvement came when man learned that by twirling a dry stick in a hole in another piece of dry wood the fire could be started more quickly.