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Match

A match is a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that can be ignited by friction generated by striking the match against a suitable surface. Wooden matches are packaged in matchboxes, and paper matches are partially cut into rows and stapled into matchbooks. The…

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Amended by
Customs and Excise Act 1952
Citation
8 Edw. 7. c. 42
Commencement
1 January 1910[a]
Long title
An Act to prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, and Importation of Matches made with White Phosphorus, and for other purposes in connection therewith.
Repealed
England and Wales and Scotland: 1 July 1938 · Northern Ireland: 18 December 1953
Repealed by
England and Wales and Scotland: Factories Act 1937 · Northern Ireland: Statute Law Revision Act 1953

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Match

Nodes134
Edges133
Triples229
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014925
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Match

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related to Friction matches · 32
Match → An, Another, April, Baron Cagniard, Both, Chancel, Chancel's, Chemical, Congreves, Despite, England, France, François Derosne's, From, Germany, Having, He, However, In, John Walker
related to External links · 28
Match → April, Archived, August, Chemical Matches, Chemistry, CS1, February, Graphics, History, Inventors, January, July, Lighting, Making, Matchcovers, Matches, Matches An Hour, Media, November, Popular Science
related to Regulation of white phosphorus · 28
Match → Albright, Annie Besant, Anton Schrötter, Attempts, British, Bryant, Deaths, Emile David Cahen, Fabian Society, George Bernard Shaw, Graham Wallas, Henri Savene, It, June, Kristelli, London, Lorinser, May, Members, New York
related to Early matches · 23
Match → Antiquities, Around, China, Chuogeng Lu, During, Five Dynasties, Hangzhou, Lin'an, Marco Polo's, Martial Forest, Ming-era, Northern Qi, Records, Song, Strange, Tao Gu's, Tao Zongyi's, Ten Kingdoms, They, Unworldly
related to Safety matches · 22
Match → Albright, Arthur Albright, By, Carl Frans Lundström, During, Great Exhibition, He, In, Johan Edvard Lundström, Jönköping, London, Meanwhile, Paris, Pasch, Schrötter's, Swede Gustaf Erik Pasch, Sweden, The, The Crystal Palace, The Lundström
related to Further reading · 21
Match → Abeville Press, Basingstoke, Beaver, Biography, Bryant, Close Cover Before Striking, Devil's Element, Henry Melland Limited, ISBN, John, London, Macmillan Publishing, Matchbook Art, May, Patrick, Phosphorus, The Golden Age, The Match Makers, The Shocking History, The Story
related to Bibliography · 18
Match → Albright, Applied Chemistry, Clayton, Co, Dictionary, Edwin Godwin, Green, III, London, Longmans, Matches, Oldbury, Phosphorus Making, Richard, The Story, Threlfall, Wilson Ltd, Years
related to Modern matches · 12
Match → Armstrong's, CaCO, Europe, Friction, However, Matches, Safety, The, They, United States, When, ZnO
related to Chemical matches · 10
Match → Ambrose Godfrey, Another, Before, Early, Hennig Brand, If, One, Others, Robert Boyle, These
related to Etymology · 8
Match → Bengal, Depending, Historically, However, Old French, Such, The, These

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matches phosphorus white use safety made surface friction sulfur london one striking known also red head used france united manufacture

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MatchAmended byCustoms and Excise Act 19521.00infobox
MatchCitation8 Edw. 7. c. 421.00infobox
MatchCommencement1 January 1910[a]1.00infobox
MatchLong titleAn Act to prohibit the Manufacture, Sale, and Importation of Matches made with White Phosphorus, and for other purposes in connection therewith.1.00infobox
MatchRepealedEngland and Wales and Scotland: 1 July 19381.00infobox
MatchRepealedNorthern Ireland: 18 December 19531.00infobox
MatchRepealed byEngland and Wales and Scotland: Factories Act 19371.00infobox
MatchRepealed byNorthern Ireland: Statute Law Revision Act 19531.00infobox
MatchRoyal assent21 December 19081.00infobox
MatchTerritorial extentUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
Matchis atool for starting a fire0.90text
dynamite sticksinstance ofand to detonate explosive devices0.80text

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