Posted 2 months ago
drew72
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Interesed in any info about this lighter. Etched Worlds Fair 1893. Very cool and rare hard to find others like it.
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Posted 2 months ago
drew72
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Interesed in any info about this lighter. Etched Worlds Fair 1893. Very cool and rare hard to find others like it.
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You’re right it’s very cool how does it work I don’t see a striking wheel when you open it lights ,,, anything on the bottom does it pull a part for fuel filling
Interesting.. Not sure these types of lighters even existed at that date?
https://sharrowmills.com/pages/the-story-of-the-everyday-lighter
I could be a display item as an innovation or something bought as a souvenir later. As Dav2no1 shows the lighter innovation in 1893 did not look like yours. Look into earliest lighter revisions or the Exhibition collection. This was the innovation in January
https://patentyogi.com/this-day-in-patent-history/this-day-in-patent-history-on-january-10-1893-thomas-lane-patented-the-electric-gas-lighter/
The lighter is a preflint lighter
It worked when you open lid there like a hammer type lever that strikes cap tape, like in cap guns. Theres a little holder of small like shavings that are soaked in some type of fuel, when it hits the cap and sparks it creates a slow burn that turns to a flame. Will show pic of insides. Did alot of digging to find one similar, dates back to 1850.