The oldest lighter I have in my collection is a plastic dispoasable one I
received (Ok, "lifted") from my father back in the summer of 1969 while on
leave from the army. He was a custom molder of plastics and it was a
sample he received. So they have been going into the archaeological record
for at least 34 years!
Smoke.
Smoke (Michael A.) Pfeiffer, RPA
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests
605 West Main Street
Russellville, Arkansas 72801
(479) 968-2354 Ext. 233
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It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
George Myers
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HISTORICAL
ARCHAEOLOGY
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Subject: Re: Ball point pens
> There was a story in the Time-Life series books of science that the
inventor
> of the Xerox process first invented the ballpoint pen but failed to file
a
> patent for it. Mssr. "Bic" made quite a fortune with the pen and lighter
> business (seen first in Belgium according to a social anthropologist ca.
> 1973?) and challenged the Amerca Cup sailboat race in the late 1970's.
> ("Quest").
>
> George Myers, Jr.
>