The story of the matchbox In day-to-day life, we are using matches for several kinds of things. Especially housewives to light the stoves. In a house, at least one match will be lighted up in a day. But a lot of us don’t know the story behind the matches or the matchbox. So I decided to find about what is the actual mechanism and history behind this matchbox. History of match The invention of fire was a turning point for humankind. So in history, people try to get provided fire in a convenient method in several phases. In 1828, an Englishman, Samuel Jones patented one of the first kinds of matches. It consists of a glass bead with sulfuric acid and a sugar coat with an oxidizing agent. To ignite the match the bead should be broken using a pair of pliers. Then the acid will release and ignition will happen due to an exothermal reaction in the surrounding combustible materials. Due to the expenses, these kinds of chemical matches were unable to make. So later a friction m...