Friday, April 23, 2010

MatchEs

According to wikipedia.com John walker was the first English chemist who invented friction matches.He made a mistake and mixed potassium chlorate, gum , starch and anitmony sulfide providing friction. He believed that he can spark a fire any where as long as there was friction and the few chemical he had.Matches was first sold in april of 1827.

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