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    The tin can was invented in 1810, but people would be bashing away at it with a hammer and chisel for 48 years until Ezra Warner invented the first can opener.

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An Improved Fire-Escape Ladder was patented by J. Winters

On the 8th April, 1879, Joseph Winters received a patent for his Improvement in Fire-Escape Ladders.

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