Todayinsci - On 7 Apr 1827, #onthisday John Walker, an English pharmacist, recorded his first sale of the friction matches he invented the previous year. — Article on history of Matches at
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Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
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