Ray-o-lite, 1920
Name: Ray-o-lite
Type: methanol catalytic Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: United States
Average price: $ 20-60
This lighter works on catalytic principle discovered by German chemist Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner in 1823: immersion frames with platinum black balls on the wires to the department with felt, treated with methanol, platinum causes a chemical reaction, heating and ignition of methanol vapor.
12/08/2009 
Tags: without flint , with a removable lid , chemical Topics: 1920 , Ray-o-lite , USA 
7 comment (s)
