block tin

American  

noun

1. pure tin.

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block tin British  

noun

1. pure tin, esp when cast into ingots

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Example Sentences

A. Make it of lead or block tin.

From Scientific American, Vol. XXXVII.?No. 2. [New Series.], July 14, 1877 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures by Various

To make sheet lead, the manufacturer mixes 1½ to 3 seers of block tin with a pucka maund of lead, and melts them together in a cast metal pan.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

The incubating can A, is made of block tin, and is intended to contain the milk.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon

Then put the pounded meat into a large potting can of block tin with a cover.

From Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches by Leslie, Eliza

Old pieces of lead pipe, lead trap, old block tin pipe are used to make solder when pure metals are not at hand.

From Elements of Plumbing by Dibble, Samuel Edward