Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1212arrow-down12
arrow-up1210arrow-down1external-linkTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·10 days agoExcept the lighter in the link doesn’t use flint or steel, it uses zinc and sulfuric acid to produce a supply of hydrogen, then it uses a platinum sponge to catalyze the hydrogen to react with oxygen and produce a flame.
minus-squareotacon239@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-210 days agoI feel like Calvin in the comic with the bridge.
Except the lighter in the link doesn’t use flint or steel, it uses zinc and sulfuric acid to produce a supply of hydrogen, then it uses a platinum sponge to catalyze the hydrogen to react with oxygen and produce a flame.
I feel like Calvin in the comic with the bridge.