Show tin and its various uses every evely chind child in theland tha land know enoi a what tin ware is but the num number berof of persons mho who m iio ito have ev even ever en seen a piece of pure tin or are arc acquainted v N ith its nature and various uses is riot not large tin or stannum is one of the metals and was known own to the old egyptians Egyptian sand and hebrew a it is found in the state ot of an ovyd in various countries spain hungary south america arnd arid the indian archipelago but most molt abundantly in cornwall england from which pince place it was obtained obtain d by the H phoenicians Phoenicia ceni iciano ns wh when enTyre tyre was mistress of the seas and before britain bore the impress of the romans heel As a metal it has a white brilliant appearance is ver very y malleable emits a crackling sound when berit bent a peculiar odor when rubbed and when cooled slowly from a molten state it crystallizes crysta cr sta lizes the tinstone tin stone of cornwall is found in ill veins associated sodia socia ted tid with copper ore in irk granite and slate elate rocks hearp it is called ciuc amilte tin when tin ore is mixed with copper after bein being roasted it is treated with sulphuric ac acid I 1 d which 1 I ich dissolves the tle copper but not the tin after it is washed the ore then called black tin is ready for smelting smelling sm elting the common method of smelting smelling sm elting the ore is in a furnace with coal tb the e ore being mixed with powdered pow dered anthracite or charcoal when very pure metal metai is required the smelt in ing or reducing is conducted in a small blast furnace powdered charcoal being used to mix with the ore also a very small quantity of lime as a flux after the first fust smelt smelling smelting sm elting ipg of the thi oie oze it generally requires two other smelting smelling sm elting operations to purify it for use the refined and purest in it is that which ia is used in the manufacture manu tac of tin thi plate nate the tin being used for this purpose in a melten state and thin plates of or iron dipped into it just like dipping thin thih blaids of wood into liquid varnish the metal ineta n I 1 plates foi for tinning are made cf of the best charcoal iron all the ooyd or rust is fai faist at removed from them vilen when they are scoured bright and deptin hept kept in soft water ready to be dipped in the molten tin the ile prepared plates plate sare are dipped into this and left to steep for an hour hoar ar orni bore ore when they are lifted ouk out with tongs ton gsand and placed on a arack rack the plates gAie gehe rally raily have a surplus quantity of tin adhe to them when taken out cut of the first pot this tins is removed by dipping them into a pot ot molten tallow and brus brub brushed lied great care caie and experience are required in all the manipulations in order i to cover the plates smoothly smoothly and a d not to have har c too thi thick ck or too thin a coating of tin the covering r of such an ox metal as iron with tin till like a varnish is one of the most useful qualities this metal possesses and renders it beitter belter adapted for making various vessels such as our common than any other metal nails bridle bits and many small articles of iron may be covered with tin by first scouring them to remove the ooyd then dipping them into the molten tin the ile metal is so ductile that it can be rolled out into sheets of tinfoil tiri tin foil as thin as writing paper it is now much used for covering tobacco for coarse gilding gliding for what is called lail I vering sering looking glasses and for bronze powders of tin is used by jewellers je wellers as a polishing ishin materia material and aia fused wih wh glasa glass it forms a white opaque enamel it is much used mixed vilh it h copper to form various useful alloys of metal such as gun metal the specula for telescope the bearings for shafting the bronze for a statues and was used by the ancients for swords spears and armor and it is said these were tempered by a process now lost to the arts block tin is struck by the dies into various vessels for drinking stich such a as a cups tea and coffee pots and mixed with a little copper to give it hardness it forms forma a beautiful mare ware 1 jn in the chemical ars ara tin is dissolved in acids such as nitric and and seems a common mordant for some of the most brilliant colors printed on calico cs s and those dyed on oli 00 wool oo and arid silk the uses of tin are more arhoda various ar loda ioda than those of any other metal and it possesses posse pose ses very valuable pro property perta I 1 england IB is the lie fili lit producing country on ohp lobe iobe ohp M pi F absee bes ses the most abundant natural soura a of t the le metal and has long iong been the tn plate manufacture of the world the of f the metal in cornwall is about tons per annum but it is used fur lur so ro i y reposes hat that it is a source of a ast vast dst nic r dic BIC i 11 1 c t wealth to great britain we cov cox er r i r R h uses oses with tin till plane plate and ara we manufacture icse Van man titles or of it into vessels of every ev ery d BI i option for donit dc ni use we have iron t and innumerable beds of copper and irad ird u have have bave the greatest p gret grei eanest test coal fields fielda on this globe ci ii d a gold and sliver olivcr exist abundantly in our hilb hils and valleys no country is so rich in in minvra but 13 cs 13 a yet et no rich deposits of tin hi ha e b bt n u discoverer disco verel ered cred we vve have sonio sow kb in the exi ex a P pi i ce of thi this 8 metal in lil lit our rocks and that it u il ill 5 3 ot t be obtained in consi derole quantities tips tits I 1 V e ray four foi toi r seven bundi hundl il aid did d a J I 1 lorb orb annually for tin plate and did spity oui y three thousand dollars for fortuin tui tul foil saoi hi hil i lied ed and twenty four dollars tor t tin i it a sand and b bars 8 and 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