1. Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30

   …atabox caption="Inventor" Image="JohnWalker.jpg" title="John Walker" width="300" birth_date="29 May 1781" birth_place="Stockton-on-Tees" death_date="1 May 1859" death_place="" }} === John Walker 1826 === ~-[[Domestic]]:[[CategoryScience]]:[[1800…
   …s]] The **friction match** was invented in 1826 by English chemist John Walker from Stockton-on-Tees [[Durham]], [[England]]. == The Friction Match == {{Image url="matchstrike.jpg" class="left" title="Safety mat…
   …ch" width="200" }} Walker was born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1781. He developed a keen interest in finding a means of creating fire easily. Several chemical mixtures wer…

2. Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52

   …a safety lamp for use in coalmines, nicknamed the 'Geordie'. == First Passengers == In 1821, the project to build the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) began. The original plan was to use horses to draw coal carts on metal rails, but after c…

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