Book 3 — Camp Lantern Made of a Tin Can
Reading edition
Campers, and others who have need of an emergency lantern, may be interested in the contrivance shown in the sketch, which was used in preference to other lanterns and made quickly when no light was at hand. It consists of an ordinary tin can, in the side of which a candle has been fixed. A ring of holes was punched through the metal around the candle and wires were placed at the opposite side for a support. The glistening interior of the can reflects the light admirably.—Contributed by F. H. Sweet, Waynesboro, Va.
¶Interior woodwork may be made proof against ordinary flame by coating it with silicate of soda, known as water glass.