Another form cxtensively usel were called chemical matches ... ignited by friction, as in drawing a stick coated with it quickly through folded sand-paper. The salt was made to adhere to wood ...

Friction matches, also known by the name Lucifer, were manufactured in South Hannibal, during the years leading up to and ...

Walker's first friction matches were made of cardboard but he soon began to use wooden splints cut by hand. Later he packaged the matches in a cardboard box equipped with a piece of sandpaper for ...

In the manufacture of friction matches, the dipping of a large number is always effected at the same time, by securing them in a frame in such a manner that their ends are all even. They require ...