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Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner
was in invented by a German chemist named Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in 1823. it was called Dobereiner's lamp. -
modern lighters
in 1903 Carl Auer von Welsbach made a modern lighters possible -
Pist-O-Liter
ronson released the first Pist-O-Liter -
Wonderlite.
the Ronson company developed its first lighter called Wonderlite. which was a permanent match style of lighters. -
world war 1
in world war 1 the soldiers used wasted cartridges and glowing wooden blocks to make an improvised type of lighter instead of matches because they freared that the initial sparks. -
Zippo lighters have been produced.
1933 over 400,000,000 Zippo lighters have been produced. -
1949 to 2002
from 1949 to 2002 the zippo was produced in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada -
2001
In 2001, according to the fall 2003 issue of IUP Magazine, a 1933 model was purchased for $18,000 at a swap meet in Tokyo, -
Zippo announced plans to purchase Ronson Consumer
In 2009 Zippo announced plans to purchase Ronson Consumer Products Corporation a long-time competitor in the lighter market -
February 3, 2010
On February 3, 2010, the deal was finalized. -
invented
first lighters were invented in the 16th century -
19th century.
it was a highly dangerous and was very large. it fell out of popularty by the end of the 19th century.