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Nicolas Appert

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Nicolas Appert

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French inventor of airtight food preservation (1749–1841)

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Nicolas Appert was a French confectioner, inventor, engineer, and businessperson. Born in Châlons-en-Champagne, he worked in the field of food preservation. His notable publications include *The Book for All Households; Or, the Art of Preserving Animal and Vegetable Substances for Many Years*, *Livre de Tous les Ménages*, and *The Art of Preserving Meats and Vegetables*.

Appert was a member of the Société d'encouragement pour l'industrie nationale. He received both a gold medal and a silver medal for his contributions. He spoke French and English. Appert died in Massy in 1841.

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  • Book for All Households
  • Die Kunst, Alle Animalischen und Vegetabilischen Substanzen, Nähmlich Alle Gattungen Fleisch, Geflügel, Wildpret, Fische, Zugemüse, Küchen- und Arzneygewächse, Früchte, Sulzen, Säfte...
  • art de Conserver Pendant Plusieurs Années Toutes les Substances Animales et Végétales... ...
  • Livre de Tous les Ménages
  • The Book for All Households; Or, the Art of Preserving Animal and Vegetable Substances for Many Years

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5 total works indexed

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    · 2020 · cited 24,136x

  3. Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis

    · 2022 · cited 13,848x

  4. End-to-End Object Detection with Transformers

    · 2020 · cited 13,415x

  5. Enrichr: a comprehensive gene set enrichment analysis web server 2016 update

    · 2016 · cited 10,438x

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Encyclopedic overview

Nicolas Appert (17 November 1749 – 1 June 1841) was a French confectioner and inventor who, in the early 19th century, invented airtight food preservation. Appert, known as the "father of food science", described his invention as a way "of conserving all kinds of food substances in containers".

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