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This chemist was John Walker, ordinary pharmacist and chemist whose insight and innovation managed to kickstart entire modern industry of matches and lighters.
John Walker (29 May 1781 – 1 May 1859) was an English inventor who invented the friction match.
…friction matches were invented by John Walker, an English chemist and apothecary, whose ledger of April 7, 1827, records the first sale of such matches. Walker’s “Friction Lights” had tips coated with a potassium chloride–antimony sulfide paste, which ignited when scraped between a fold of sandpaper.
The first friction matches were invented by John Walker, an English chemist and apothecary, whose ledger of April 7, 1827, records the first sale of such matches. Walker’s “Friction Lights” had tips coated with a potassium chloride–antimony sulfide paste, which ignited when scraped between a fold of sandpaper.
John Walker - Inventor of the Friction Match. John Walker (1781 - 1859) was born on 29 May 1781 in his parents house at 104 High Street, Stockton. His father John Walker, was the proprietor of a...
Walker's friction match revolutionised the production, application and the portability of fire. Walker sold his first "Friction Light" on the 12th April 1827 from his pharmacy in Stockton...
In 1817 a French chemist created what he called “the Ethereal Match,” a piece of paper coated with a compound of phosphorous that ignited when exposed to air. The paper was vacuum-sealed in a glass tube called the “match,” which was ignited when the tube was smashed.
