Cigarette lighter or the match box?

Question

Which of the above is invented first?

Answer 1

I believe it was the match box.

Answer 2

Cigarette lighter n the match box .....these both have the same meaning......so no need of comparison.

Answer 3

I'm positive that matches came first, because gunpowder or anything that would light them on the end that is black powder, came before the oil that is in lighters today.

Answer 4

what the hay, the matchbox of course!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!duh

Answer 5

The first lighter, Döbereiner's lamp, was invented by Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner in 1823. It stayed in production until 1880.The first "match" was created in 1805. The first friction match, which can be ignited on virtually any surface (i.e. fabric) was created in 1827, 4 years after the lighter.

Safety match 1844.

Answer 6

THE MATCH BOX WAS FIRST1  Remember reading about

hunters and travelers would have a hard time keeping their

matches dry while crossing the river on their horses!!!

Answer 7

Matches 1827

Cigarette lighter 1932

Answer 8

match box

Answer 9

cigarette lighter was fluid

match box is gunpowder

I believe gunpowder came first