Thermos History & Timeline
1892 First successful vacuum bottle created in laboratory by James Dewar, an English scientist.
1902 First American lithographed tin lunch box shaped like a little picnic basket and featuring children at play.
1903 First commercial vacuum bottle, the "Dewar Flask," patented and sold in Germany.
1904 Contest conducted by German newspapers to name the vacuum bottle. Named by Munich resident, "thermos" (from Greek word therme, meaning heat).
1906 First imported "thermos" bottles from Germany sold in United States.
1907 First American "thermos" bottle made in Brooklyn, New York, by The American Thermos Bottle Company.
1911 American Thermos made first workman's lunch kit with thermos bottle.
Thermos timeline provided by LunchBoxPad.com
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