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
![Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/MZVgM3Tz36wjPq9G6RI4Dis6djA=/fit-in/1600x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/54/c3/54c3d26c-98a1-469c-862c-237eb8afa1da/women_working_in_a_match_factory.jpg)
Friction Matches Were a Boon to Those Lighting Fires–Not So Much to Matchmakers | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match | Science Museum Group Collection Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match | Science Museum Group Collection](https://coimages.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/images/287/240/medium_thumbnail_MS_0209_1.jpg)
Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match | Science Museum Group Collection
![Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics on X: "#OTD in 1781 John Walker, inventor of the friction match, was born. Here's how matches work: https://t.co/zwOHX6Vhl6 https://t.co/zYput3uxQr" / X Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics on X: "#OTD in 1781 John Walker, inventor of the friction match, was born. Here's how matches work: https://t.co/zwOHX6Vhl6 https://t.co/zYput3uxQr" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CjpKGFXXAAYr26h.jpg)
Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics on X: "#OTD in 1781 John Walker, inventor of the friction match, was born. Here's how matches work: https://t.co/zwOHX6Vhl6 https://t.co/zYput3uxQr" / X
![Walker was advised to patent his matches but he chose not to and, as a result, Samuel Jones of London copied his idea. #Kain… | Stockton on tees, John walker, Stick Walker was advised to patent his matches but he chose not to and, as a result, Samuel Jones of London copied his idea. #Kain… | Stockton on tees, John walker, Stick](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c6/c7/51/c6c751675027b54be9243498f763e99f.jpg)