An electric match is a device that uses an externally applied electric current to ignite a combustible compound.
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“Wisdom is like electricity. There is no permanently wise man, but men capable of wisdom, who, being put into certain company, or other favorable conditions, become wise for a short time, as glasses rubbed acquire electric power for a while.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“One fairer than my love! The all-seeing sun
Ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)