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  • After the jury had been sworn and other preliminaries arranged, the Parliament adjourned to the Stannary towns, where its courts of record were opened for the administration of Justice among the "tinners," the word Stannary being derived from the Latin "Stannum," meaning tin.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • In 1846, Tin (Stannum, symbol Sn) was found in the United States only at

    Tin Foil and Its Combinations for Filling Teeth Henry Lovejoy Ambler 1883

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