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  Thursday, Jul 9, 2009 4:35PM / Standard Entry / Members only
  

   What match stick am I?

  It was not  until 1826, when an English man, John Walker invented the first "Friction Matches". Walker's matches were ignited by drawing the heads through a folded piece of paper coated with grounded glass. But he encountered a problem. It was difficult to light. It failed.

  Then, came along a French man, Charles Sauria. He developed a match that used white phosphorus. These matches were known as "Strike-Anywhere-Matches" and were much easier to ignite. However, this seemingly +ve characteristic,  caused many unintentional fires as it was too easy to ignite.

   White phosphorus was highly toxic. Workers in the factory who inhaled the fumes often suffered from the degeneration of their  jawbones.

  In 1844, a Swedish man, Gustaf Pasch had a proposal. Place some of the match's combustion ingredients on a separate striking surface rather than incorporating all of them into the match head. Cautious act. This will avoid accidental ignition.

  Wow, it makes me think. What match stick am i......."Friction match", "Strike-Anywhere-match" "safety match", "storm match"" noiseless match" ( invented by a Hungarian) or.......

  Olive....

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