Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 351
ide / ...^4 and forgotten. The first phosphorus matches were sold at twenty-five cents a block,—a block (Fig. 6) containing a hundred and forty-four matches,—and they were used by but few. Now a hundred matches can be bought for a cent. It is said that in the United States we use about… … FIG. 5. TINDER BOX, FLINT, STEEL, AND SULPHUR-TIPPEDSPLINTERS. lying on the floor, it may be ignited by steppingupon it, or by something falling upon it. Wemay step on a phosphorus match unawares,and light it and leave it burning, and thus setthe house on fire. Mice often have caused fires by…
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