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cleeder t1_j1jbdjy wrote

> Maybe on really old ones.

Like, say, a 1930s pressure cooker by chance….

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Billypisschips t1_j1jfo0b wrote

No, safety valves were a thing by the 1930s. There is one on the cooker in the picture, and a vent hole, and a lid held by the strength of its seal, designed to fail at a certain pressure. Three failsafes to overcome before catastrophe, and that was in the 1930s.

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