friction match
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And who really invented those later marvels, the friction match, the barometer, the airplane, the steamboat?
From Time Magazine Archive
The first patent in the United States for a friction match was issued October 24, 1836, to Alonzo D. Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts.
From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff
The sewing-machine had brought with it, like the friction match, one of the most profound influences in modifying domestic life, and making it different from that of all preceding time.
From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Dyer, Frank Lewis
No man in the country had ever seen a stove, or a furnace, or a friction match, or an envelope, or a piece of mineral coal.
From A School History of the United States by McMaster, John Bach
So simple an invention as the discovery of the friction match saved hours of labor and permitted hours of leisure to be used in other ways.
From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)
