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http://nopr.niscpr.res.in/handle/123456789/8636| Title: | Matches-The manufacture of fire |
| Authors: | Wisniak, Jaime |
| Issue Date: | May-2005 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | The phosphorus match represents the culmination of the efforts to manufacture fire by friction at will, which started with the rubbing of two wood sticks. The modern cigarette lighter corresponds to the next evolutionary step in the process. |
| Page(s): | 369-380 |
| ISSN: | 0975-0991 (Online); 0971-457X (Print) |
| Appears in Collections: | IJCT Vol.12(3) [May 2005] |
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