The first match was accidentally discovered in 1826 when John Walker scraped a stick with chemicals on the end against a stone floor.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4033416 | Blade means for row crop thinning machine A cutting blade is carried on a shaft rotatable about an axis positioned adjacent a row crop. The blade extends across the longitudinal centerline of the row and cuts plants as the machine moves forward until a sensing means registering on forwardly posit... | 07/05/1977 |