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Robert Boyle invented the match in 1680
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the first modern, self-igniting match was invented in 1805 by Jean Chancel
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One of the first lighters was invented by the German chemist named Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in 1823
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In 1910 Ronson released the first Pist-O-Liter and in 1913 the company developed its first lighter, called the "Wonderlite", which was a permanent match style of lighte
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In August 2011 Stephen Fry chose the lighter as the greatest gadget in his Channel 4 programme Stephen Fry's 100 Greatest Gadgets, one of the 100 Greatest strand, describing it as "fire with a flick of the fingers"