Matches are made in the late nineteenth…

Matches are made in the late nineteenth century matches using sticks of poplar or Canadian pine wood, twice the length of the finished product.

These are secured into frames holding approximately four thousand.

Both ends of the sticks are dipped into sulfur and then into a composition of white phosphorus (also known as yellow phosphorus), potassium chlorate, antimony sulphide, powdered glass and coloring.