Upon a thin slice of phosphorus place a few small particles of iodine; the heat produced by the combination of the two elements soon causes the phosphorus to take fire.
They are liable to explode if rubbed together in a mortar, on account of the presence of sulphur and chlorate of potash, and the composition, if kept for any time, is liable to take fire spontaneously.
Directly a shell falls to the ground, the little bulb containing the oil of vitriol breaks, and the acid coming in contact with the chlorate of potash and sugar, causes the mixture to take fire, when the gunpowder explodes.
To take fire, to begin to burn; to fly into a passion.
To take fire; to begin to burn with flame; to start as a flame.
To become ignited; to take fire; as, the match will not light.
Every body knows, that these little oily streams instantly take fire, when spirted through the flame of a candle: the Oil in this case is entirely consumed.
He was operating upon a mixture of human excrement and alum; and, when he examined the contents of his vessel, in three or four days after, he was surprised to see it take fire spontaneously, when brought to the air.
Alder charcoal has been seen to take fire in the warehouses, in which it has been stored.
The products consist at first in aqueous vapour, then a very inflammable volatile oil, which causes boiling oil to take fire spontaneously; and next carburetted hydrogen gas, with carbonic acid gas.
The charcoal c, and the wood a a, take fire; the sulphureous ores d e f are heated to such a high temperature as to vaporize the sulphur.
If a drop of water be thrown upon it, it becomes so hot by the chemical action as to take fire.
But we can fancy the dismay of every house-wife as the limited supply of "bed matters," went the way of many other things "subject to take fire.
The thatch of the early house, which were of logs rilled in with clay, was always liable to take fire, the chimneys being of logs and often not clayed at the top.
He is quite capable of discharging me; for, notwithstanding his usual mildness of manner, there are times when he is extremely quick to take fire.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "take fire" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
