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Show fjTin, Important Metal, Has Many Uses in World hool f Tin is one of the most important cliof'pOf all the metals and plays a leading 3t a1 .role in civilization. In some respects e Dt this is the age of tin, declares a writer Indian Jn the clevelnm lnain Dealer. cjool! Tlle drama of tin is presented daily sater(ln some form each of the 24 hours. It 5r(ji3co:orn!1iuents the millionaire's palace and red t0l)1'mss comfort to the humblest homo. leTD-W Research Is extending Its uses still further. Tin Is dished up daily in newspapers, ps .because type means tin, as well as co?e In the kitchen, where it Is found In llle cooking utensils, in the tinfoil wrapping wrap-ping countless forms of food not for getting the canned fruit or fish or vegetables vege-tables which account for the hundreds of millions of tin cans used every year and tons of tlnplate for the world's cooks. This list is almost endless, for tin is found In the telephone, radio, motor car, typewriter and the electric light system. As an alloy it rules aviation, avi-ation, transport, toyland, Drcworks and marine engineering. Bed springs are coated with tin to prevent rust. Tin salts are used to hold loose silk fibers together. Take the toilet. The bathtub is coated with oxydized tin. Tooth paste conies cut of a tin tube. Razors arc keen edged, thanks to tin, and the same applies to scissors and other cat I ting implement. |