Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1210arrow-down12
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkTIL the lighter was invented before the matchen.wikipedia.orgQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·5 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-25 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.