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  2. History. The tin canning process was conceived by the Frenchman Philippe de Girard, who had British merchant Peter Durand patent the idea in 1810. [5][6] The canning concept was based on experimental food preservation work in glass containers the year before by the French inventor Nicholas Appert.

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    The first tin cans were so thick they had to be hammered open. As cans became thinner, it became possible to invent dedicated can openers. In 1858, Ezra Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut patented the first can opener. The U.S. military used it during the Civil War. In 1866, J. Osterhoudt patented the tin can with a key opener that you can find on sa...

    The inventor of the familiar household can opener was William Lyman, who patented a very easy to use can opener in 1870. The invention included a wheel that rolls and cuts around the rim of a can, a design we are familiar with today. The Star Can Company of San Francisco improved William Lyman's can opener in 1925 by adding a serrated edge to the w...

    On January 24, 1935, the first canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," was sold by the Kruger Brewing Company of Richmond, Virginia.

    The concept of the aerosol spray canoriginated as early as 1790 when self-pressurized carbonated beverages were introduced in France.

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  3. The history of the can is literally a history of western civilization and it’s innovation an engine of prosperity in the united states. Two centuries ago, the first cans were designed to sustain world powers in their quest around the globe.

  4. By turn of nineteenth century, scientists discovered that the preserving process used in canning killed micro-organisms which caused food to decay during the cooking stage. And a more efficient way of canning food was invented. The first cans were expensive and were made by hand.

  5. 1943 – Lyle Goodhue and William Sullivan invent a portable aerosol can using pressurized gas that can be used by US service men to kill malaria causing bugs during WWII. 1945 – First aerosol cans begin marketing on a wide basis.

  6. 6 days ago · When cans were first invented they were 8 millimetres thick and were opened with a hammer and chisel, but as the design evolved, inconveniently the process of opening them didn't. Lawyer and ...

  7. Nov 27, 2017 · Though common today, cans were once military-grade technology. In 1795, Napoleon, to whom the phrase "an army marches on its stomach" is attributed, offered 12,000 francs to anyone who could...

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