block tin
Americannoun
noun
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In small families we recommend block tin saucepans, &c. as lightest and safest.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by Kitchiner, William
Black sauce pans, lined with tin or with porcelain; tin sauce pans, thin ones, and thick ones made of block tin.
From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet
In 1869, three United States patents on a copper coffee urn lined with block tin were granted to Élie Moneuse and L. Duparquet of New York.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
It is also used in coating copper and iron plates, and in silvering looking-glasses, besides being cast into a variety of forms, when it is called block tin.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
Take of block tin 100 parts, metallic antimony 8 parts, bismuth 1 part, and 4 parts of copper; melt all together.
From Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets by Young, Daniel
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