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Prometheans were the first safety matches. They were invented in 1805 by a French chemist named Chancel, and consisted of splints of cedar wood ripped with a past of chlorate of potash mixed with sugar. On dipping the match into a bottle containing asbestos wetted with sulphuric acid it burst into flame upon drawing it out. Prometheans were introduced into Britain following the Battle of Waterloo.
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The first lucifer matches, originated by Chancel in 1805, consisted of sticks tipped with a mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar, bound together by gum, and were fired by touching the tip upon concentrated sulphuric acid, which was carried separately in a bottle and soaked up in asbestos. These matches began to displace the tinder-box from about 1820, and they were the chief matches in vogue until the middle of the 19th century when their place was taken by friction matches.
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Abbey Dore is a village in Herefordshire, England at the foot of the Golden Valley on the River Dore. The church, St Mary's, was adapted in the 17th century from the 13th-century chancel and transepts of a Cistercian abbey church. The famous Herefordshire craftsman John Abel carved the magnificent chancel screen, stalls, pulpit and west gallery in the church.
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Ainderby Steeple (recorded in the Domesday Book as Eindrebi) is a village in North Yorkshire, England. The Church of St Helen has a 15th-century tower and a 14th-century chancel, that was restored in 1870.
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In architecture an apothesis is a place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. The term also describes a dressing room connected with a public bath.
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In architecture, the term apsidal refers to something pertaining to the apse of a church; for example the apsidal termination of the chancel.
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In architecture a bema was that part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel.
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A chancel is that part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed.
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A chancel aisle is the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel.
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A chancel arch is an arch which spans the main opening in a church, leading to the chancel.
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