Windproof lighter 1940

Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1940
Country: England (?) Or Austria (?)
Approximate cost: $ 10-30

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Green and Co, 1950

Manufacturer: Green and Co
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: Brass
Year: 1950
Country:?
Approximate cost: $ 10-30

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Table lighter, 1940

Type: Desktop gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1940
Country:?
Approximate cost: $ 15-30

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Ray-o-lite, 1920

Name: Ray-o-lite
Type: methanol catalytic Lighter
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: United States
Approximate cost: $ 20-60

This lighter works on catalytic principle discovered by the German chemist Johann Wolfgang Dёbereynerom in 1823: immersion frames with balls of platinum black on the wires to the department with felt impregnated with methanol, platinum causes a chemical reaction, heat and ignition of methanol vapor.

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Taifun, 1930

Title: Taifun
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, chromium
Year: 1930
Country: Austria
Approximate cost: $ 20-80

Taifun - is one of the Austrian lighter models that inspired George Blaisdell to create a Zippo in 1932.

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Duplex lighter, 1946

Name: Duplex
Type: gasoline lighter with two fuel tanks and two wicks and flints two
Material: Aluminum
Year: 1946
Country: England
Approximate cost: $ 50-100