Show the katch industry ra in america tho the first manufactory of friction natches catches was located in the center of the connecticut valley in the historic community known as chicopee Ghi Chi copee street the principle of this invention had been thought out in europe but bright yan tee kee minds were quick to catch the idea from across the water and the manufacture progressed as rapidly here as there the credit for this thin invention is if probably due to john walker a chemist st who lived in england in stockton on tees he was experimenting with cb chlorate of potash and found that it could be instantly ignited by friction when coated on a stick with phosphorus and drawn through folded sandpaper this discovery was wag made in 1829 and tho the attention of Al michael ichael faraday C called to tho new idea it eoon became popular and the manufacture was started nearly simultaneously in europe and america the first factory for the making of friction matches on a large scale ecale is stated to have been established in vienna in 1833 but the factory on chic copee street was running nearly as early as this if not ot before springfield re be subi ican |