The British Tin Can and the British Navy
The British are credited with inventing canned food. In 1810 a merchant named Peter Durand patented the design for a can that would preserve food. By 1813 John Hall and Bryan Dorkin opened the first real canning factory. The tins were made of heavy black wrought iron and sealed airtight. It took six hours to cook up the contents for just one can. These […]