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AB - 424 G'e~rrz~otz ." [J. F. I., MANUFACT~TRI,; ()I? q'IN-PI,Aq'E. By F. I.VNWOOD (~ARItlSON, Philadelphia, Pa. [/?ead al lhe .~7,,l~:d M<,ethG~ o/ /ke Fratz~'k'J~ htsl/htle, hcht ~f~dsz~:s~t<y, A~vc.~&'r t9, ISgo.-J 'lPho process of manu[acturin~ tila-l)late, and indeed the character of the product :tpi)car to be something of a popu- lar mystery which the public, in this country at least, is very slow in comprehending. Anything- i:1-()i]1 a roof to a cttp which happens to bc made of tin-plate is called tin. It was gravely stated in a Western paper, some few months ago, that tin-plates were being extensively mined in the Black f {ills, t)akota. ~ttch ioqaorance is truly startling, and it would seem about time the public was informed that what is usually called tin, is simply sheet iron coated with from two to five per cent. of that metal, and that few or no articles of commerce are made of the pure metallic titl itself.* When the iron sheets are 0oared with an alloy of tin, and from twenty-five to sixty per cent. lead, they are known as terne-plates, and have a dull leady appearance as compared with 1)right lustrous tin-plate. 'l?erne-ptatcs are usually used for roofing purposes, 
TI - Manufacture of tin-plate
JF - Journal of the Franklin Institute
DO - 10.1016/0016-0032(90)90215-5
DA - 1890-12-01
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