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WHEN driving along the Beaumaris Road on Tuesday last at half-past three, I observed smoke issuing from the top of one of the carriage lamps. I stopped to examine the cause, and found that the reflector had concentrated the sun's rays on the wick of the candle lamp and caused it to smoulder.
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VERNEY, E. Ignition by Sunlight. Nature 27, 531 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027531e0
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