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sl8

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4. Cool, cool, cool. Here's the "making of" video:

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Sat May 17, 2025, 08:48 AM

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The voice is bit annoying.

8:58 min.

Building the Döbereiner's lamp, one of the first modern lighters in history

Marb's lab
2023 Jul 18

Building and demonstration of the Döbereiner's lamp also called the "tinderbox". Invented in 1823 by German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, it is considered one of the first modern lighters and was commercially very successful.

Image source: Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation - Museum of Hamburg History

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This 200-Year-Old Lighter Ignites Without a Spark [View all] sl8 Yesterday OP

Thanks for this! Going to share it with my husband and son! HeartsCanHope Yesterday #1

De nada. Glad you liked it. nt sl8 Yesterday #2

That's not so hard to build. I like gadgets that are too large of a solution to a small problem. And this is primo ... marble falls Yesterday #3

Cool, cool, cool. Here's the "making of" video: sl8 Yesterday #4

No real difficulty here, the sulphuric is not anything to play with, but otherwise it's pretty simple ... marble falls Yesterday #5

For those who would rather read... hunter Yesterday #6

Thanks. sl8 Yesterday #7

Makes Sense ProfessorGAC 22 hrs ago #8