All I’m saying is that OP didn’t make a very good link to demonstrate their TIL. The thing they linked isn’t the thing that was invented before matches, and the page also doesn’t even say when matches were invented.
Main article: Döbereiner's lamp
A lighter invented in 1823 by German chemist Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner. It is based on the **Fürstenberger lighter**, and was in production until circa 1880. Zinc metal reacts with sulfuric acid in its jar to produce hydrogen gas. When a valve is opened, a jet of hydrogen is released and bursts into flame. The ignition is catalyzed by platinum metal.
All I’m saying is that OP didn’t make a very good link to demonstrate their TIL. The thing they linked isn’t the thing that was invented before matches, and the page also doesn’t even say when matches were invented.
That page doesn’t exist.
The dead link is from Wikipedia. An author is requesting the community to make a page about it.
Indeed, and there is this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_firelighting
Döbereiner’s lamp