The materials were lead, titanium, solder wire andtin.
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But he also reported to his parents that the price oftinwas falling.
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In 1810,tinwas discovered to be the only metal that could preserve food.
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We had packed all good crockery etc. away and used alltinutensils.
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These are made out of roomy biscuit tins (lined with felt), with the lid ajar.
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As methods of canning became cheaper in the 1850s, world demand fortin-plate also increased.
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A change in diet and climate, with fresh or even tinned fruit and green vegetables normally effected a cure.
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They carried only two tins of food each and toothbrushes.
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Measurements of laser driven spallation intinand zinc using an optically recording velocity inter ferometer system.
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British import of foreigntinjumped from 4,000 tons to 86,600 tons from the 1840s to the 1870s.
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The drums are normally referred to in songs as 'pans' and 'tincans', of which the principle characteristic is the volume of sound produced.
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The first ground coffee was not sealed in atincan until 1878, and the key method for opening cans was not devised until 1895.
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A high wire fence, withtinsheets along its strands, enclosed the entire western exposure of the camp.
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The majority of the manufacturing industries, plantations,tinreserves, and population are concentrated in the west.
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The cleansing process allowed thetinoxide gas sensor to stabilise.
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biscuit tin
It is only by using modern technology that the shoe, ceramic, andbiscuittinindustries—or any other industries—will remain in business in five or 10 years' time.
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pressed tin
The interior of the building consists of a single room with a high ceiling and elaborate pressed tin ornamentation.
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tin ceiling
The termtinceilingis a misnomer, as these decorative sheets were never tinned; they were almost always painted sheet iron or steel.
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