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Ray-o-lite, 1920
Name: Ray-o-lite
Type: the methanol catalyst Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: United States
Average price: $ 20-60
This cigarette lighter is working on catalytic principle discovered by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Dёbereynerom in 1823: when immersed frames with platinum black balls on the wires in the office with felt, treated with methanol, platinum causes a chemical reaction, heating and ignition of methanol vapors.
08.12.2009 
Tags: without flint , with removable lid , chemical Topics: 1920 , Ray-o-lite , USA 
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