Hermann von Helmholtz , German physicist

said about Time, Fire...

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"Heat can also be produced by the impact of imperfectly elastic bodies as well as by friction. This is the case, for instance, when we produce fire by striking flint against steel, or when an iron bar is worked for some time by powerful blows of the hammer."
- Hermann von Helmholtz

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