Talk:Match

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This looks a good source for improving the wiki article: Matches-The manufacture of fire, by Jaime Wisniak, Department of Chemical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel 84105. Indian Journal of Chemical Technology, Vol. 12, May 2005, pp. 369-380. Abstract: The phosphorus match represents the culmination of the efforts to manufacture fire by friction at will, which started with the rubbing of two wood sticks. The modern cigarette lighter corresponds to the next evolutionary step in the process. Link: http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/8636/1/IJCT%2012%283%29%20369-380.pdf

2602:24A:DE47:B8E0:1B43:29FD:A863:33CA (talk) 09:03, 22 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All I can find these days in the store, except for older matches, are safety matches that don't seem to emit any sulfur dioxide smoke. This seems wrong to me. What happened to the matches? I'm in the US. The article does say strike-anywhere matches are not allowed on aircraft, and how does this relate to the loss of the familiar match-lighting odor? Here's an example on the market of the ones that are different and they claim to be the same. (Amazon - Diamond brand safety matches)

I haven't been able to find any sources about it on the internet - probably my fault. So this entry on the talk page is intended as a stub. Thinkadoodle (talk) 16:38, 10 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The history of the match,“written” about 950, mentions a match made by imporvorished court ladies that generated a small flame about the size of an ear of corn. How is this possible when corn (maize) is only native to the western hemisphere? Richardbamberg (talk) 15:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It would not have been written in English, so surely an error on the part of the translator? Shyamal (talk) 15:20, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In most of the English-speaking world outside of North America, "corn" means edible grain such as wheat or barley. Just plain Bill (talk) 16:15, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]