CIGARETTE LIGHTED BY GLOW (Oct, 1933)
CIGARETTE LIGHTED BY GLOW
No larger than a woman’s lipstick, a new mystery cigarette lighter works without flame or electricity. The smoker simply holds his cigarette against the porous top and inhales several times and this lights the smoke. The secret is that a blended fuel containing methyl alcohol is thus drawn through a porous pill containing platinum. Catalytic action, similar to that of platinum gas-stove lighters, causes the pill to glow and light the cigarette. Wind cannot interfere with the use of the lighter, which works if a cotton pad is kept saturated with fuel.
Didn’t these become popular during World War II?
Today’s male smokers would probably resent the size comparison with a lipstick.
I wonder if you could get something that effective in that size using electricity.
Fluffy: There are electronic cigarette lighters, which are about the size of a thumb, but I have no idea, if they are any good.
Methyl (wood) alcohol, sheesh!
Does anyone know where these OR Platinum Gas-Stove lighters might be found today?