Our earthly fire also consumes more or less rapidly according as the object which it attacks is more or less combustible, so that human ingenuity has even succeeded in inventing chemical preparations to check or frustrate its action.
Gure su lurtarrak ere kontsumitzen du azkarrago edo geldiago, erasotzen dion objektua erre-errazagoa edo erregaitzagoa den, eta horrela, giza asmamena iritsi ere egin da suaren ekintza kontrolatu edo gabetuko duten prestakin kimikoak asmatzera.