DEFYING THE WIND.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 663, 23 October 1902, Page 20

DEFYING THE WIND.

An inventor, who is evidently wearied of the many 7 fruitless attempts to light a cigdr in a windy street, has, according t'jp “Science Siftings,’’ devised a combustible tip composed of a mixture of ground glass, saltpetre, potassium rhlorafte, and gum arabic. A friction ignitet, such as that used on the tips of marches, is placed on the surface of the cpp. The combustion fuses the ground glass and renders tne cap incandescent. The fused glass forms an airproof cover on the end of the cigar, and prevents any of ■ the fumes from entering thetobacco, so that no unpleasant taste'results.■ J •. • A" A . I '