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Charles the Bad

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Bad: see Charles II, king of Navarre.

Brewer's: Congreves

A predecessor of Lucifer matches. The splints were first dipped in sulphur, and then tipped with the chlorate of potash paste, in which gum was substituted for sugar, and there was added a…

Charles the Bald

(Encyclopedia) Charles the Bald, French king: see Charles II, emperor of the West.