A History of the Trade in Tin: A Short Description of Tin Mining and Metallurgy; a History of the Origin and Progress of the Tin-plate Trade. And a Description of the Ancient and Modern Processes of Manufacturing Tin-plates |
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... stone implements are still in use among the Polynesian islanders . The era in which these stone implements were employed dates beyond the records of man , but that there was a " stone age " is proved beyond a doubt by the existing ...
... stone implements are still in use among the Polynesian islanders . The era in which these stone implements were employed dates beyond the records of man , but that there was a " stone age " is proved beyond a doubt by the existing ...
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... stones was naturally abandoned when the existence and value of metals was discovered ; there are no records to be relied upon , but it is supposed that copper was first employed , then came bronze , which in its turn gave place to iron ...
... stones was naturally abandoned when the existence and value of metals was discovered ; there are no records to be relied upon , but it is supposed that copper was first employed , then came bronze , which in its turn gave place to iron ...
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... stones they denominate gems , mussel - pearls , horse - bits formed of bone , horse - collars , amber toys , and glass vessels . They imported earthenware , salt , instruments , weapons , and trinkets of brass , and small quantities of ...
... stones they denominate gems , mussel - pearls , horse - bits formed of bone , horse - collars , amber toys , and glass vessels . They imported earthenware , salt , instruments , weapons , and trinkets of brass , and small quantities of ...
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... stones called Shodes , or in a con- tinued course of stones which are sometimes found together in such numbers that they reach a considerable length ... stone is but lightly impregnated with tin , it 28 HISTORY OF TIN AND TIN - PLATES .
... stones called Shodes , or in a con- tinued course of stones which are sometimes found together in such numbers that they reach a considerable length ... stone is but lightly impregnated with tin , it 28 HISTORY OF TIN AND TIN - PLATES .
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... stone is but lightly impregnated with tin , it is said to be just alive ; when it contains no metal it is called dead ; and the heaps of rubble are emphatically called deads . TIN SMELTING . The following description of the process by ...
... stone is but lightly impregnated with tin , it is said to be just alive ; when it contains no metal it is called dead ; and the heaps of rubble are emphatically called deads . TIN SMELTING . The following description of the process by ...
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Page 8 - During the recess of the tide the intervening space is left dry, and they carry over abundance of tin to this place in their carts.
Page 1 - And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. He was a widow's son of tb,e tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
Page 44 - Philip and Mary, by the grace of God King and Queen of England, France, Naples, Jerusalem, and Ireland ; Defenders of the Faith ; Princes of Spain and Sicily ; Archdukes of Austria ; Dukes of Milan, Burgundy, and Brabant ; Counts of Hapsburg, Flanders, and Tyrol...
Page 103 - England's Improvement by Sea and Land; to Outdo the Dutch without Fighting; to Pay Debts without Moneys; to set at Work all the Poor of England with the growth of our own Lands...
Page 8 - Towards the north of Europe there is evidently a very great quantity of gold, but how procured I am unable to say with certainty ; though it is said that the Arimaspians, a oneeyed people, steal it from the griffins.
Page viii - Fraud, avarice, and force, their places took. Then sails were spread to every wind that blew, Raw were the sailors and the depths were new ; Trees, rudely hollow'd, did the waves sustain, Ere ships in triumph plough'd the watery plain. Then landmarks limited to each his right ; For all before was common as the light.
Page 11 - They subsist by their cattle, leading for the most part a wandering life. Of the metals they have tin and lead, which with skins they barter with the merchants for earthenware, salt, and brazen vessels.
Page 84 - This is merely water in which bran has been steeped for nine or ten days, until it has acquired a sufficient acidity for the purpose. The design of putting the plates into the troughs singly, is, that there may be more certainty of the liquor getting between them, and both the sides of every plate being soaked alike in the lees.
Page 109 - II), and continued at the Trade some years. But the shop being too narrow and short for my large mind, I took leave of my Master, but said nothing. Then I lived a country life for some years, and in the late Wars I was a soldier, and sometimes had the...
Page 113 - Awe, being in length about twenty miles ; the tin-works being there fixed upon a great river running clear along the valley, and also upon some little rivulets that run out of the mountains of Bohemia and Saxony ; and coming to the works, we were very civilly treated, and, contrary to our expectation, we had much liberty to view, and see the works go — with the way and manner of their working and extending the plates, as also the perfect view of such materials as they used in clearing the plates,...