The matches were known as fa chu or tshui erh. Īnother text, Wu Lin Chiu Shih, dated from 1270 AD, lists sulfur matches as something that was sold in the markets of Hangzhou, around the time of Marco Polo's visit. This marvelous thing was formerly called a "light-bringing slave", but afterward when it became an article of commerce its name was changed to 'fire inch-stick'. One gets a little flame like an ear of corn. At the slightest touch of fire, they burst into flame. But an ingenious man devised the system of impregnating little sticks of pinewood with sulfur and storing them ready for use. If there occurs an emergency at night it may take some time to make a light to light a lamp.
During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (AD 907–960), a book called the Records of the Unworldly and the Strange written by Chinese author Tao Gu in about 950 stated: History Early matches Ī note in the text Cho Keng Lu, written in 1366, describes a sulfur match, small sticks of pinewood impregnated with sulfur, used in China by "impoverished court ladies" in AD 577 during the conquest of Northern Qi.
The word ‘match’ derives from Old French ‘mèche’, referring to the wick of a candle. But, when friction matches became commonplace, they became the main object meant by the term. The original meaning of the word still persists in some pyrotechnics terms, such as black match (a black-powder-impregnated fuse) and Bengal match (a firework akin to sparklers producing a relatively long-burning, colored flame). The modern equivalent of this sort of match is the simple fuse, still used in pyrotechnics to obtain a controlled time delay before ignition. Depending on its formulation, a slow match burns at a rate of around 30 cm (1 ft) per hour and a quick match at 4 to 60 centimetres (2 to 24 in) per minute.
Such matches were characterised by their burning speed i.e. These were used to light fires and fire guns (see matchlock) and cannons (see linstock). Historically, the term match referred to lengths of cord (later cambric) impregnated with chemicals, and allowed to burn continuously.
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