Match - Matchsticks - a tool for starting a fire. Typically, matches are made of small wooden sticks or stiff paper. One end is coated with a materia

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Match - Matchsticks - 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. The first successful friction match was invented in 1826 by John Walker, an English chemist and druggist from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.

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Keywords: fire, ignite, ignition, match, matches, matchstick, safety, starter