stannum
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of stannum
1775–85; < Late Latin: tin, Latin stannum, stagnum alloy of silver and lead
Example Sentences
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At the present day a counterfeit stannum is made by adding one-third of white copper to tin.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
In pr�cedenti capite indicauimus aliud esse stannum, aliud esse plumbũ candidũ.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
When copper vessels are coated with stannum they produce a less disagreeable flavour, and it prevents verdigris.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
At what period the term stannum was adopted for tin is uncertain.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Page 27, line 2. aut stannum, aut plumbum album.
From On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments by Gilbert, William
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