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block tin

American

noun

pure tin.

block tin British

noun

pure tin, esp when cast into ingots

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Britannia, pewter, and block tin in table use are polished the same as silver.

From The Complete Home by Laughlin, Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth)

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

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)

Mine is made of japanned block tin, and contains in close-fitting compartments an entire dinner and breakfast service for three persons, including everything that can be required in an ordinary establishment.

From The Rifle and the Hound in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

As I could find no wheels to suit me I made the moulds and cast the wheels myself out of block tin and zinc.

From Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures by Various

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