Smoke Detector's Cigarette Origin

Smoke Detector's Cigarette Origin

Swiss physicist Walter Jaeger accidentally created the smoke detector in the 1930s. While attempting to create a sensor for identifying poison gas, Jaeger's device instead registered his cigarette smoke.

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