János Irinyi
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1817 – 1895
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Who was János Irinyi?
János Irinyi, sometimes also spelled János Irínyi 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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