Inventing Fire
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October 18, 2018"Washington’s Reception on the Bridge at Trenton in 1785" Designed by John Ludlow Morton
November 13, 2018Inventing Fire
Tidaholm Safety Matches, 1860-1940. Tidaholm Match Company, Tidaholm, Sweden. Gift of George Ehrenfried, 89.7.10. Photograph by David Bohl. In 1844, Swedish professor Gustaf Erik Pasch (1788-1862) invented the safety match. Swedish inventor and industrialist Johan Edvard (1815-1888) and his brother,…
Source: National Heritage Museum