An incipient fire at the Royal Hotel, Taree, New South Wales, was traced to a water-bottle acting as a burning glass. By chance a water-bottle on a table was placed in a direct line between the afternoon sun and a towel. The concentration of the sun’s rays through the bottle eventually set alight to the towel. When the fire was discovered eight holes had been burnt in the towel through various folds, each hole being about five inches in diameter. The table had also been set alight. As an experiment, the same water-bottle was tested as a burning-glass next day, and on two successive occasions the towel started to burn within five minutes.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 19862, 27 July 1934, Page 5
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