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When was the first friction match brought over the Santa Fe Trail to New Mexico? That is an interesting question I have been trying to answer for some time. Prior to the introduction of matches, New ...

Imagine a time when starting a fire wasn't as easy as flicking a switch or striking a match. It involved flint, steel, and plenty of patience. But in the early 1800s, one clumsy chemist in a small ...

Science has at last produced a waterproof match which lights when wet. For a year and a half, it has been a military secret. Last week military censors let the light shine forth. Most modern friction ...

EXACTLY a hundred years ago next Thursday, EJohn Walker, pharmacist of Stockton-onTees, recorded in his Day-Book the first credit sale of his newly-invented ‘Friction Lights,’ which were indisputably ...

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