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Description: | Winemakers have always needed an inexpensive method of sealing their bottles and preserving their wine. Cork proved to be a perfect material and the first corkscrew was used in the 17th century. The original design based on a device used for withdrawing a charge from a gun barrel. Since then there have been thousands of variations. This one used a patented leverage handle, and could draw "the hardest Cork without without the slightest difficulty." | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Subjects: | Science And Technology Trade And Economics | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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