friction match
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of friction match
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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And who really invented those later marvels, the friction match, the barometer, the airplane, the steamboat?
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
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 Frank Lewis Dyer
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 Willis Duff Piercy
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 John Bach McMaster
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