NurdRage | Promethean Matches - The Ancestor to Modern Matches @NurdRage | Uploaded 9 months ago | Updated 4 minutes ago
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.

Related video: Lighting Matches with Acid - youtu.be/oc3U2P9PlXY



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