date:Sep 14, 2012
e, a British merchant patented the tin can in 1810. But a year earlier a Frenchman applied a similar process with glass jars and cork.
Top 20 inventions
1 Refrigeration
2 Pasteurisation / sterilisation
3 Canning
4 The oven
5 Irrigation
6 Threshing machine / combine harvester
7 Baking
8 Selective breeding
9 Grinding / milling
10 The plough
11 Fermentation
12 The fishing net
13 Crop rotation
14 The pot
15 The knife
16 Eating utensils
17 The cork
18 The barrel
19 The microwave oven
20 Frying