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A case of spontaneous combustion.

Engraving depicting a case of spontaneous combustion. An artist was rubbing a freshly varnished painting with a pad of cotton. When he threw the cotton away it burst into flames. Dated 19th Century.
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Title: A case of spontaneous combustion.
Caption: Engraving depicting a case of spontaneous combustion. An artist was rubbing a freshly varnished painting with a pad of cotton. When he threw the cotton away it burst into flames. Dated 19th Century.
Credit: Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive \ UIG
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Image size: 5552 × 3778 px | 60.0 MB
Print size: 47.0 × 32.0 cm | 2185.8 × 1487.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 19 CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY. • 19TH • 19TH-CENTURY • ARTIST • ARTISTE • CIENCIA • COMBUST • COMBUSTING • COMBUSTION • COTTON PAD • COTTON • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • FIRE • FLAMES • FRICTION • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • NINETEENTH CENTURY • PAINT • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PHYSICAL • PHYSICIST • PHYSICS • PHYSIQUE • PORTAIT • PORTRAIT • POTRAIT • PRINT • SCIENCE • SCIENCES • SPONTANEOUS • XIX CENTURY