Shortly after, the British inventor and merchant Peter Durand patented his own method, this time in a tin can, creating the modern-day process of canning foods.
He sold his patent in 1812 to two other Englishmen, Bryan Donkin and John Hall, for £1,000.
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Regarding the foreign friend of Durand, who had given him the food preservation idea, extensive research in 19th century archives has revealed that he was French inventor Philippe de Girard.
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