First to Strike a Match in Darlington County! – Darlington County Historical Commission & Museum
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Last updated 15 Jul 2024
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In 1826, John Walker, an English chemist and druggist from Stockton on Tees, discovered through lucky accident that a stick coated with chemicals burst into flame when scraped across his hearth at home. He went on to invent the first friction match. Until the first half of the nineteenth century, the process by which fire…
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