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Definition 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).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Donkin
Literary usage of Donkin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1857)
"By WF Donkin, MA, FRS, FRAS, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, Oxford. Received
December 3, 1856. (Abstract.) The equation -" 4. ..."
2. Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain Living in the by William Walker (1864)
"Donkin early showed a taste for science and mechanics, and when almost a child
... Donkin, however, soon showed the bent of his natural genius by quitting ..."
3. Thermodynamics of the Steam-engine and Other Heat-engines by Cecil Hobart Peabody (1889)
"Tests on Donkin Engines.—A large number of efficiency tests were made by Mr.
Bryan Donkin ... B. Donkin & Co.,* in which the methods of making the tests and ..."
4. Memoirs of the Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain: Living in the by William Walker (1862)
"Donkin early showed a taste for science and mechanics, and when almost a child
... Donkin, however, soon showed the bent of his natural genius by quitting ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Thomas Curson Hansard, Great Britain Parliament (1828)
"he (sir R. Donkin) was willing to make disclosures to the government on the ...
After the receipt of this communication, he again wrote to sir R. Donkin, ..."
6. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1876)
"By Dr. SCOTT Donkin. At a meeting of the Clinical Society of London, held on
December 10th last, Dr. Scott Donkin brought forward a case of diabetes cured ..."
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