The art of preserving all kinds of animal and vegetable substances for several years
By: by M. Appert
Edition: Second edition Translated from the French.
Publisher: printed for Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, Booksellers to the Hon. East-India Company
Published: 1812
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Food Preservation
Notes: Refr: Wellcome II, p51 Note: Appert, a confectioner and cordial maker, began experiments aimed at preserving food in hermetically sealed containers in 1795. His success was regarded as being of strategic importance to Napoleon's armies and therefore not published until 1810. Appert opened the world's first commercial preserved food factory in 1812. He initially used glass jars and bottles, but soon changed to tin-plated metal cans.

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