Promethean Matches - The Ancestor to Modern Matches
In this video we make the ancestor to modern matches before phosphorus: The Promethean Match
The operating principle is that sulfuric acid would react with potassium chlorate and sugar to catch fire. So to turn it into a match, the sulfuric acid was stored in a glass capsule that was broken and mixed with potassium chlorate and sugar. This would ignite and set fire to the paper roll it was packaged in.
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