Tin
From London's Ghost Acres
Imported from
- Holland
- Peru
- British India
- Hamburg
- New Granada
- China
- Siam
- Bremen
- Bolivia
- Australasia
- Straits Settlements
- Argentine Republic
- South Africa
- Java
- Ceylon
- Tasmania. Belgium
- Chile
- Germany. France
- Spain
Description
Tin is most often used in solder with lead, and as a corrosive-resistant plating on steel or iron. It is also alloyed with copper to produce bronze or with lead, copper, and antimony to create pewter.