The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-30

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more Indammable. There lsa Boston man whc
nils HE matchbox and ticket pockets MI
yPSrt, snS , %ssss sS.", w aslisSs IN ne ois Sas g them
70 his friends there TO light their ciEars; anns
brand OF matches is little known on Msnhattsn
their customaryiights, apply the .PortlsndS-
to their ciGars and begin TO pun immediatsY
pburogus wNhin that nearly cbofes them. where
at the Boetonian laughs consumedly.
Until the introduciion q " prn, nton pI Won
Scroetbe Of Vienna in le45l the trade OF match;
making was very unhe lthy. The emnnaIion 9.
used. gave rise TO necrosis. a disease which de-
stroys the bones, and fatal effects often follow:
Ordinary temperatures. workmen now enjoy alb
solutc immunity. 1t is only innammaole Tnen
S SIaSs ala. IL S q msars w,ss G sna ssfet " Pom RSsnI aoe e.
dental fre Is insured by separating these ma
terials. tho chlornte being placed on the match
"vesuvians, or "fusees." for smokers use,
which no wind short OF a tornado can blow out.
in dry weather. have Dubious heads. made OF
some slow.burning. compound. such as q
mixture q charcoal, snltpetTe; SAND; ana 9, E or5i.
nary. matches. Amadou OF German finder 10
considerably used in this kind OF lighters;
on . thick, round. woven braid Instead Of q
spIint Of wood. "'Fismorss" for tho same pur.
eiiScr aa wax st tSper 1 or a wooden Sa stick.
m As q %cGn; ,Ss. t t. prsssas Prisoi iia i may sS,s o.
With the acid bottle. were originals sold at 10
shillIngs-about s3.6o-.each, but the introduce
a penny. "Congreves" were iirst sold in boxes
Of fifty at 2 shlllings and sixpen9e, or 90 cents q
e Soai t be- pur sSs pfdIGis FOR . q s%hi III see! 's ssnts.
Most Of the processes OF match manufacture
are now effected by machinery, and many inEe-
REG resa III tho M0 even S times' Of fsfs" sos vii e ao%St!e Sc
were imported then, because Of the high tariff
, wSrc Of = very poor qI rsxsn,. Each s,sm bunch Mas o Ms.
inches in length and three-fourths Of an inch
square. which was supposed to have been split
angles to each other. into little stickS;s but the
operation was SO imperfeect,y |. performed that that
WITH yhe n's sTsat di HSs,d S'S and the be rsess's oi paper Spsg
pasted on the end opposite the birthstone was
rarely called upon to hold tho matches
comb-shaped cards" gang" of small circu.
Ing wasted too much wood. and knives were next
employed; as VIII be seen by examining the
Portland matches.m the card nov contain,
the use OF card" matches is limited. and the
individual matches in boxes form the bulk Of
The splints are usually made OF q soft kind Of
white pine, though some aspen Is used In Sweden.
k Knives sq Snd the Ssf round ars o Gss S sre s HssS s'bb 81 Sas Sy
ing through perforations In steel plates, a pro-
coss invented. in 1912 by a Mr.. Partridge;
ducing the splints. By one process a log Of az.
teen Inches length. stripped of its bark and
unrolls 10 as IL were. In a continuous strip as
wide as the log Is long and OF the thickness q 2
match anv. This s.c strip rd,s e !, It x, S9%e :, on 81, + s. GiyiSS Cd
a match. These narrower strips are broken into
lengths of six or seven feet. and after the knotty
into a second machine, which cuts them into
match sticks at the rate of l5.O0O.Oo0 n day.
john ndHs Jex Long Of Glasssow in 1871. operates on
squared blocks OF two match lengths, and is ca
pable of producing 10000. 900 daily.
sifted to free them from fragments and splinters
and grange them in parallel order. and then
invention which sticks them into the dipping
frames, These frames arc 1s inches square,
S Snd zach sIat Is made made Of s,d - n thin siss strips sIs Of 1ao wood b bi5s
together by iron rods passing through the ends.
TWENTY-FIVE hundred splints are placed by the
each frame, so separated that no one splint touch
es another. TIGHTENING the sore q on the rods
into the frame, which is then roady to 20 into
the dipping room; The splints IN the frames
shallow. fst.bottomed pans. After his bath
has been, absorbed the matches receive their
cases kept In a uniform thin stratum In a pan.
and in others supplied by an endless rubber
f 3e,ri = s OK abo %Sr s.ooo. S Soo d mai s;Roe IN 0F a day Sss.
After dipping, the frames are arranged in a
heated apartment to dry:
Ginl mixture for tipping the matches. One pub,
lished recipe gives tho ingredients as one-half
part by weight Of common phosphorus. four Of
and four of finely powdered glass. As 1t makes
{ lss' sn nSisy mste s6r e 1liosss Of d gGSsasa oI Z sS%s;
agents used. instead of or In connection with
these salts Of potash, are the oxide Of manganese
and red oxide or dioxide OF lead. According
matches made in France is composed Of three
parts OF contnon phosphorus: two Of lead di-
oxide O5tsor two sto, Of ; sSoi s and three ms,S Of gum m: d The ss% 9e
n composition of Eve parts Of chlorate Of potash.
two Of sulphide Of anthony. and one Of glue.
five, parts of amorphous phosphorus, four Of sui
phide OF antimony. and two and one-half of glue.
Statisticians whose opinions carry weight
matches In the United States Is 225, 900, 900 to
$50. 900. 900. This count y has been a large i'm.
Sweden; and Germany. while producing great
quantities at home. The manufacture in the
United States Is mainly, controlled by one COM
pany. but a rival, has lately arisen. Probably
8 !, 800. 900 worth are annually produced in
ti6n Is a Sai,n'a; w at Zoo. t oSo. o %oi'' M HSTsa aRaRn
900 2 day: and one birmingham es,aS,;
thin wax paper and converts 1t into "vestas.''
In Sweden and Norway. where. OF late years the
are some 60 iaetdpries. 1000 %atc6makers icing
Austria together have as many as 45O factories.
300 persons. The four principal nanufactur-
ers in Vienna furnish employment to 5000 pcO-
pie. In France making matches. like the trade
In tobacco, Is a Government monopoly. China,
Japan. Brazil. and other countries now manu-.
facture matches, and those OF China compete
with Swedish goods In the German markets.