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A drawing from the can opener patent No 19063 by Warner. Ezra J. Warner of Waterbury, Connecticut was an American inventor, who patented his design of a can opener in 1858. A crudely shaped bayonet and sickle combo, his design was widely accepted by the U.S. military during the period of the American Civil War.
Warner's grave at Lake Forest Cemetery He was born in Lake Forest, Illinois , and lived in La Jolla, California , where he worked as an investment counselor. [ 1 ] He was the son of Ezra J. Warner, Jr. and grandson of Ezra J Warner, [ 2 ] who were wholesale grocery business executives in Chicago, Illinois . [ 3 ]
A can opener (North American and Australian English) or tin opener (British English) is a mechanical device used to open metal tin cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the first can openers were not patented until 1855 in England and 1858 in the United States. These early ...
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Ezra Warner may refer to: Ezra Warner (inventor), American inventor of the first can opener in 1858; Ezra J. Warner (historian) (1910 – 1974), ...
A Vietnam War-era P-38 can opener, with a U.S. penny shown for size comparison.. The P-38 (larger variant known as the P-51) is a small can opener that was issued with canned United States military rations from its introduction in 1942 to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. [1]
Ezra Dyer - Car and Driver During Pebble Beach/Monterey Car Week , I got a rare chance to drive a rotary-powered Mercedes C111 concept car at the Salinas airport. But there was a time crunch, so I ...
Jeep CJ; Jeep Wagoneer/Grand Wagoneer; Kaiser Jeep was purchased by AMC in 1970. The Buick 350 cu in (5.7 L) V8, AMC 232 I6, and AMC 327, 360 V8 engines in the FSJ Wagoneer and trucks used a 'nailhead' pattern TH400—also known as a "unipattern," as it was used by many other manufacturers (including Rolls-Royce and Jaguar) with an adapter ring—from 1965 to 1972.