A match is a tool used to start a fire, typically composed of a small wooden stick or stiff paper. One end is coated with a material that ignites through friction when struck against a surface. Wooden matches come in boxes, while paper matches are in matchbooks. The match head, the coated end, contains active ingredients and a binder. There are two main types: safety matches, which require a specific striking surface, and strike-anywhere matches, which can be lit on any frictional surface.
In 1901, Albright and Wilson began manufacturing phosphorus sesquisulfide at their Niagara Falls, New York plant for the American market, even though American manufacturers continued using white phosphorus matches.
In 1901, the Netherlands prohibited the use of white phosphorus in matches due to its dangerous effects.
By 1903, the Swedish match industry in Jönköping, which long held a virtual worldwide monopoly on safety matches, was called Jönköpings & Vulcans Tändsticksfabriks AB, now known as Swedish Match.
In September 1906, the Berne Convention was reached in Bern, Switzerland. The agreement banned the use of white phosphorus in matches, requiring each country to pass laws prohibiting it.
In 1908, the United Kingdom passed a law prohibiting the use of white phosphorus in matches, which would take effect after December 31, 1910.
In the United Kingdom, a law passed in 1908 prohibiting the use of white phosphorus in matches came into effect after December 31, 1910.
In 1910, the United States Congress forbade the shipment of white phosphorus matches in interstate commerce. The Albright and Wilson Niagara Falls plant ceased production of the matches that year.
In 1913, the United States did not ban white phosphorus matches outright but instead placed a "punitive tax" on them, effectively making their manufacture financially impractical.
In 1914, Canada banned the use of white phosphorus in matches.
In 1917, Carl Frans Lundström, who alongside his brother Johan Edvard Lundström, started a large-scale match industry in Jönköping, Sweden, died. Carl was born in 1823.
In 1925, China banned the use of white phosphorus in matches.
In 1944, safety matches were classified as dangerous goods under "U.N. 1944, Matches, safety".
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