Nicolas Appert
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Nicolas Appert was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a w
A sketch of Nicolas Appert in 1841
Appert canning jar
Mason jar
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A Mason jar, also known as a canning jar, preserves jar or fruit jar, is a glass jar used in home canning to preserve food. It was named after American tinsmith John Landis Mason, who patented it in 1
Nicolas Appert
…this technique was already being used by homemakers, but Appert was the first to do this on an industrial scale. Thermal processing (canning) Appert canning jar In 1804, La Maison Appert (English: The House of Appert), in the town of Massy, near Paris, became the first food bottling factory in the world, years…
A collection of Mason jars filled with preserved foods
John Landis Mason, inventor of the Mason jar
Early closure style, zinc lid over glass liner