Another form cxtensively usel were called chemical matches, and were sold in little ... he found that this could be instantly ignited by friction, as in drawing a stick coated with it quickly ...

has taken measures to secure a patent for useful improvements in machines for filling match frames preparatory to the dipping operation. In the manufacture of friction matches, the dipping of a ...

He went on to invent the first friction match. Until the first half of the nineteenth century, the process by which fire was created was slow and laborious. Walker's friction match revolutionised ...