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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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
Deinde uides stannum Plinio esse quidd� de plumbo nigro, nempe primum fluorem plumbi nigri, als wann man vnser bley ertz schmeltzet, das erst das do fle�sset, zw�re Plinio stannum.
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
Silver, or lead mixed with silver, which we call stannum, is separated by the above method from copper.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Et non sunt idem, ut hactenus voluerunt, stannum et plumbum candidum, unser zi�.
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
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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