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THE FIRE BALLOON.
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we are considering; and I am about to make a flame in such an easy and simple manner as shall best serve my present purpose. This plate shall be the "cup," we will so say, of the candle; this spirit shall be our fuel; and I am about to Fig. 10. place this chimney over it, because it is better for me to do so than to let things proceed at random. Mr. Anderson will now light the fuel,