1810 Peter Durand gets a patient from King George III for a tin-plated can as a food container. At the time cans were made of iron and coated with a thin layer of tin. They were only able to produce 60 cans a day. Today millions are made a day.
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Peter Durand invented the tin can
such a stupid question.
The tin can opener was invented in 1858. This was necessary after the invention of the tin can 48 years earlier, in 1810.
The can opener. The tin can was invented in the late 17 hundreds but it was not until the middle 18 hundreds that people invented something to open them. Before this, the cans were made of very thick iron and impervious to almost any opener except a hammer and chisel.
he invented the tin wrapped foil that was able to be played on the phonograph and in 1973