{"collection":"ame","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ame/pow/pow109.htm","path":"ame/pow/pow109.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ame/pow/pow109.htm","text":"Pow-Wows, or Long Lost Friend, by John George Hoffman, [1820]\nTO MAKE A WICK WHICH IS NEVER CONSUMED.\nTake an ounce of asbestos and boil it in a quart of strong lye for two hours; then pour off the lye and clarify what remains by pouring rain-water on it three or four times, after which you can form a wick from it which will never be consumed by the fire.","title":"Pow-Wows: Arts and Remedies: A Wick Which Is Never Consumed","type":"page"}