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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 48 years of unopened cans #81427 10/06/02 10:00 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 how long was it between the invention of the tin can and the invention of the can opener? The tin can was invented by Peter Durand in 1810, while the first can opener was patented by Ezra Waterbury in 1858. An easy-to-use household can opener was patented by William Lyman in 1870. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted disintermediation wordminstrel 09/22/02 05:07 AM Re: disintermediation Faldage 09/22/02 10:32 AM Re: dis- Wordwind 09/22/02 10:43 AM Re: dis- wordminstrel 09/22/02 12:42 PM Re: dis- Wordwind 09/22/02 02:58 PM Re: dis- FishonaBike 09/23/02 09:39 AM Define bonafide musick 09/22/02 04:06 PM Re: dis- tsuwm 09/22/02 07:25 PM dis 'n dat musick 09/22/02 07:46 PM Re: dis 'n dat tsuwm 09/22/02 07:55 PM Re: pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism Wordwind 09/22/02 09:54 PM Dis is the way things are wordminstrel 09/22/02 11:53 AM Re: Dis is the way things are of troy 09/22/02 02:45 PM Re: Dis is the way things are Faldage 09/23/02 10:08 AM Re: Dis is the way things are Jackie 09/23/02 02:51 PM 48 years of unopened cans Sparteye 10/06/02 10:00 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Capital Kiwi 10/07/02 11:13 AM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Fiberbabe 10/07/02 12:09 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Capital Kiwi 10/07/02 08:27 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans of troy 10/07/02 01:23 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Sparteye 10/08/02 01:19 AM Re: disintermediation TEd Remington 09/22/02 09:44 PM Re: disintermediation sjm 09/22/02 09:51 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,421 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 886 guests, and 27 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,592 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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