Block tin
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Description
A pure, solid block of tin. Prior to World War I, corrosion resistant pipes were made from solid tin. After the war, tinplate was more commonly used.
Authority
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 809
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996