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Their precision has, for example , also been applied to bottles _ in particular, to the discovery that the optimum number of sharp pointy bits on a bottle cap is 21.

what does "to the discovery" mean ?

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Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

anonymouswhat does "to the discovery" mean ?

It is not an idiom. 'Apply to + N' is the collocation.

Majid Dehghan · Answer

Could you please explain a little bit more !

AlpheccaStars · Answer

Please give your source when you quote from a web site! That will help since we won't have to look for it ourselves, and we will be able to read the actual passage.

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/applied-to-the-discovery.3482667/

And you should be able to figure it out from the context.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/8043206/Food-science-and-food-myths-James-Bond-may-have-been-onto-something.html

Such precision has also been applied to beer– in particular, to the discovery that the optimum number of sharp pointy bits on a bottle cap is 21. Go on, count them. Years of trial and error led to the internationally accepted German standard DIN 6099, which ensures that almost every bottle cap is the same. This is because 21 is the ideal number when you take into account the circumference of the cap, the likelihood of its metal splitting, and the chances of it sticking in the capping machine. So when you open your next bottle of lager, pay homage to those who bothered to find out, starting with William Painter, in 1892.

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