Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square2linkfedilink
minus-squareLOGIC💣@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoFrom your link: Döbereiner’s lamp, also called a “tinderbox” (“Feuerzeug”), is a lighter invented in 1823 by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner. From the “match” article: The first modern, self-igniting match was invented in 1805 by Jean Chancel, assistant to Professor Louis Jacques Thénard of Paris.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago The lighter is based on the Fürstenberger lighter (invented in Basel in 1780
From your link:
From the “match” article: