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Prance was fighting most of Europe at the time; her soldiers and sailors were dying of scurvy and malnutrition, which also made inroads on the civilian population,..■**
Appert had the theory that if fresh foods were put into an airtight container and heat aplied, they would keep. He devoted 14 long and arduous years of experimentation and finally won the prize, proffered at the hands of Emporor Napoleon i 1809.
A grateful nation named him “Bieffaiteur de L’Humanite” (Benefactor of Humanity). This is echoed in the latest edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, which states: “The method of preserving food in tins or other containers is probably defensible as the greatest of all inventions in historic times. Its effect has been to relieve mankind of dependence upon the annual harvest, or upon the
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