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THE author, who is well known as one of the largest manufacturers of tin plates, and also as having introduced into this country the French method of decorating tinplates by lithographic printing, has ...

Tin plate (also called tinplate) refers to cold-rolled thin steel plate coated with a thin layer of metal tin on both sides. It combines the hardness and strength of steel with the solderability, ...