block tin
Americannoun
noun
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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
All the boxes were of block tin, painted; thus they could be piled like bricks one upon the other to form a wall.
From Ismailia by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
A tin-plate worker may even cut his base-plate out of stout block tin, and get as good results as if the bell were made by an engineer.
From Electric Bells and All About Them A Practical Book for Practical Men by Bottone, S. R.
It consists of four pieces, the whole being made of block tin.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various
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
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