History[edit] The first lighters were converted flintlock pistols that used gunpowder.
L"histoire[modifier] Les premiers briquets ont été convertis pistolets à silex qui ont utilisé la poudre à canon.
A treasure hunter from the United States has found some flintlock pistols at the bottom of the ocean, off the north coast of the Dominican Republic.
Un chasseur de Trésor des États-Unis a trouvé certains pistolets à silex au fond de l'océan, au large de la côte nord de la République dominicaine.
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