Donkin

Definitions of Donkin
  1. noun
    English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)
    synonyms: Bryan Donkin
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    applied scientist, engineer, technologist
    a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
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