2. As for the way of word writing phillumeny, the author of the article does not accept its trimmed writing philumeny and uses it in the way as it have been written since 1957 amongst domestic collectors (see reference 7). Its a substitution for philumeny in 70s is an example of a rough administration against a background of the whole falling off of the match label collector level.
3. It was mentioned in the Moskovsky phillumenist magazine 4 p.15, 2000 y. that there have been passing a corrupt information about the John Wolkers label amongst the Russian phillumenists.The publication of the matter serves to correct the situation.
4. The references for the literal source are noted parenthetically, its list follows in the article end.
The John WALKERS
friction matches. The English chemist John Walker who lived on
the 59th High Street at town Stockton-on-Tees. He who the
first produce a match in 1826 having dipped a wood stick into paste that
was prepared of water, antimony sulphide, berthollet salt and gum-arabic
as the viscous, after that he dried it out in the air. When moving friction such a
match on a emery paper the matchs head flashed out and lit with
sparkles and caustic smoke ejectionin this way lighting the match itself. These matches were a great progress in comparing with dippies which demanded the concentrated sulphuric acid capacity on oneself, the extremely dangerous thing[1]. The matches inventor kept
diary in which he fixed the financial operations of his firm, it has
been kept till now days in The Kensington Museum of Science in London, ( internet
address of the museum www.sciencemuseum.org.uk ). He wrote in it
that he sold a local barrister Mr. Hickstone a consignment of matches.
The matches were named by Walker as Friction Lights in the note.
Perhaps, Walker began making them as far as in the end 1826[1, p.29] but
it is usually regarded that the matches birthday is 1827 indeed in
connection with the fixed fact of selling to a common customer. The word
to strike, apparently, got using far later when the match head
chemistry became entirely another (since 1833 white, after that red
phosphorus) but it is another story. The matches were stored into a
tin case with a tin lid in quantity of
100 pieces, far from it a case label was absent itself! (see pic.1, it is taken from [1] p.
27). Those who wish can fly over to London at once, if they like, and
see the case container in the museum exposition; on the11th of
December I received the confirmation by e- mail from an officer of the
museum Mr. Dave Woodcock the museum number of the exhibit, called Walker tin, 1937-682 Pt.1. About the Walkers label. As it Richard Hallton had, we deal with curious fact the first match label was released by non-inventor of the matches as the Walkers cases were without labels! The Luckers encyclopaedia runs that the first Walkers label as if had the dimension of 60 40 and there was an inscription on it:
WALKER'S
FRICTION MATCHES
100 matches
Price ONE SHILLING
However, there isnt such a label and there
are no data that it has ever been before! It is the only Walkers label, that
is well known, see pic. 2, but there is a phrase As used in the household of
his Majesty King William IV after the words Price ONE SHILLING on it. On the
one hand, it is well known that King William IV acceded to the throne in the
latter half of 1830 after death of King George IV, therefore the label could
be issued not earlier than the coronation of King William IV that isnt earlier
than 1830! On the other hand, the last matches selling was fixed by him in
the Walkers diary in 1829! In the connection, the Walkers label is just a forgery.
Interesting, the Walkers label is firstly
mentioned in the book [1, p.106], as a museum rarity and the article[2] running
as follows it is known even in duplicate at that both of them have been
keeping in the British collections. In
2001, a British Phillumenist Mr. Artur
Alderton told me that he had got the Walkers label in his collection and he
knew at list a few collectors who had got one too! That just confirms its artificial
origin! Let Walker alone
2.Samual Jones: the oldest match label. The oldest has been the Samual Joness label now that together with the box were being kept in the
Bryant&May firm collection (Pic.3, of [1], description of [2]) As pointed
in [2], the label, to be accurate the box with the label on it, is known as the only copy! It dates about 1829 [2]. The text on the box
as:
S. Jones's
Lucifer Matches,
That ignite by the friction produced by drawing
the match hriskly through a piece of sand paper, and are
warranted never to impair by keeping.
Inventor of
the prometeans, self-acting Coffee pot,
Etnas, etc.
Light-House, 201, Strand, London
One of the latest labels of the same producer
is shown on pic. 4. To be mentioned, John Walker as well as Samual Jones as the
others chemists were handicraft producers of matches that time. Manufacturing beginning was based by
Richard Bell in 1832 [2, p31] whose firm has been worked under different name
till now! .The used literature list :
1. Book A. J. Cruse, Match-Box Labels of the World, Robert Ross &Co., Ltd., London, 1946, 127 p.
2. Article A History of British Labels, author Richard Holton, magazine The Matchbox Label, v.1, 1, 1958, p. 2.
3. J.H.Luker, The Matchbox Label Collectors Encyclopaedia, the Third edition, 1984, p. 4.
4. .., - , - , M, . 85-99, 1963 .
5. .., : ? 3, - ", , .125-132, 1965 .
6. .., C , - , , 1970 .
7. 1-104 (1957-1968 ) ( ).
8. "Wiadomosci Filumenistyczne" 3/76, .24, 1989
Mattes [1-2, 4-7] keep at the author, [3] (part) have been received in jpg-files from Hans Everink (the Netherlands), what the author thanks sincerely for.
