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THESE matches are highly electrical, and if they be rubbed against glass and ebonite they ignite, especially if the electrics be dry and warm. How far their ready ignition on amorphous phosphorus is due to chemism or to electricity remains to be proved. I am sorry I have not the opportunity just now to test this point.
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PREECE, W. Bryant and May's Safety Matches. Nature 13, 208 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/013208d0
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