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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 48 years of unopened cans #81427 10/06/2002 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 Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted disintermediation wordminstrel 09/22/2002 5:07 AM Re: disintermediation Faldage 09/22/2002 10:32 AM Re: dis- Wordwind 09/22/2002 10:43 AM Re: dis- wordminstrel 09/22/2002 12:42 PM Re: dis- Wordwind 09/22/2002 2:58 PM Re: dis- FishonaBike 09/23/2002 9:39 AM Define bonafide musick 09/22/2002 4:06 PM Re: dis- tsuwm 09/22/2002 7:25 PM dis 'n dat musick 09/22/2002 7:46 PM Re: dis 'n dat tsuwm 09/22/2002 7:55 PM Re: pseudoantidisestablishmentarianism Wordwind 09/22/2002 9:54 PM Dis is the way things are wordminstrel 09/22/2002 11:53 AM Re: Dis is the way things are of troy 09/22/2002 2:45 PM Re: Dis is the way things are Faldage 09/23/2002 10:08 AM Re: Dis is the way things are Jackie 09/23/2002 2:51 PM 48 years of unopened cans Sparteye 10/06/2002 10:00 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Capital Kiwi 10/07/2002 11:13 AM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Fiberbabe 10/07/2002 12:09 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Capital Kiwi 10/07/2002 8:27 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans of troy 10/07/2002 1:23 PM Re: 48 years of unopened cans Sparteye 10/08/2002 1:19 AM Re: disintermediation TEd Remington 09/22/2002 9:44 PM Re: disintermediation sjm 09/22/2002 9:51 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 Topics13,916 Posts230,339 Members9,209 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 9 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,180 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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