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János Irinyi

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Gender Male
Death128 years ago
Date of birth May 18,1817
Zodiac sign Taurus
Date of died December 17,1895
DiedLetavertes
Hungary
ParentsRoxanda Janovits
János Irinyi
Job Engineer
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Chemist
Born Albiș
Romania
NationalityHungarian
Education Vienna University of Technology
Debreceni Református Kollégium
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János Irinyi Life story


János Irinyi was a Hungarian chemist and inventor of the noiseless and non-explosive match. He achieved this by mixing the yellow 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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