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Promeʹtheans

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The first invention which developed into Bryant and May’s “safety matches.” They were originally made in 1805 by Chancel, a French chemist, who tipped cedar splints with paste of chlorate of potash and sugar. On dipping one of these matches into a little bottle containing asbestos wetted with sulphuric acid, it burst into flame on drawing it out. It was not introduced into England till after the battle of Waterloo. (See Hugh Perry.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Progne or Prokne
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Projection
Proletaire
Proletariat
Prometheus
Promethean
Promethean Fire
Promethean Unguent (The)
Prometheans
Promise of Odin (The)
Promised Land
Pronesia (in Orlando Furioso)
Proof
Proof Prints
Proof Spirit
Prooshan Blue (My)
Propaganda
Proper Names used as Common Nouns
Property Plot (The)

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