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In England, 1802, Sir Edward
Thomason was granted a patent
for a quite ingenious corkscrew.
The mechanism incorporated
both male & female threads & by
simply continually turning the
handle clockwise the worm was
inserted into the cork & in no time
extracted - lovely job.
This lovely example is signed
James Heeley & Sons who were
an important 19th century
manufacturer.
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