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Vintage kitchen tool baffles online users

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that made opening cans much easier and safer. Lyman’s invention laid the groundwork for modern can openers, though it still required some skill and strength to operate.

Can openers through history

  • Lever-Type opener (1858): The original design by Ezra Warner, used mainly by the military.
  • Rotary opener (1870): William Lyman’s design, featuring a cutting continue reading …

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