Name Janos Irinyi | Role Chemist | |
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Died December 17, 1895, Letavertes, Hungary | ||
János Irinyi ([ˈjaːnoʃ ˈiriɲi]; sometimes also spelled János Irínyi; 18 May 1817 in Albis[Romanian: Buduslau], Romania – 17 December 1895) was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match. He achieved this by mixing the phosphorus with lead dioxide instead of the potassium chlorate used previously.
Irinyi also took part in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
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