Everyone should have it. Moreover, you are a smoker like me, must know and have this tool, is not a match. Do you know the history of matches? we try to convey the following.
A match is a tool to start a fire in a controlled manner. Lighters sold freely in shops in packets box of matches. A match consists of a wooden stick which one end is covered with a phosphor material that will generally result in fire due to friction when rubbed against a special surface. Although there is a match type that can be switched on any rough surface. Lighters that use liquids such as naphtha or butane lighters called.
Chinese nation since 577 have developed a simple match made of logs that contain sulfur. Modern matches first discovered in 1805 by K. Chancel, assistant to Professor L. J. Thenard in Paris. Match head is a mixture of potassium chlorate, sulfur, sugar and rubber. A match is lit by sinking into a bottle of sulfuric acid containing asbestos. This matches quite expensive at that time and its use dangerous, so do not get the popularity.
Ignited with a match that swiped first discovered by English chemist John Walker in 1827. The discovery was preceded by Robert Boyle in 1680's with a mixture of phosphorus and sulfur, but his efforts at that time not yet reached a satisfactory outcome. Walker discovered a mixture of antimony (III) sulfide, potassium chlorate, natural gum, and starch can be ignited by rubbing on rough surfaces.
Here's one example of the first time a match:
A match is a tool to start a fire in a controlled manner. Lighters sold freely in shops in packets box of matches. A match consists of a wooden stick which one end is covered with a phosphor material that will generally result in fire due to friction when rubbed against a special surface. Although there is a match type that can be switched on any rough surface. Lighters that use liquids such as naphtha or butane lighters called.
Chinese nation since 577 have developed a simple match made of logs that contain sulfur. Modern matches first discovered in 1805 by K. Chancel, assistant to Professor L. J. Thenard in Paris. Match head is a mixture of potassium chlorate, sulfur, sugar and rubber. A match is lit by sinking into a bottle of sulfuric acid containing asbestos. This matches quite expensive at that time and its use dangerous, so do not get the popularity.
Ignited with a match that swiped first discovered by English chemist John Walker in 1827. The discovery was preceded by Robert Boyle in 1680's with a mixture of phosphorus and sulfur, but his efforts at that time not yet reached a satisfactory outcome. Walker discovered a mixture of antimony (III) sulfide, potassium chlorate, natural gum, and starch can be ignited by rubbing on rough surfaces.
Here's one example of the first time a match:
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