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Definition of Stannum
1. n. The technical name of tin. See Tin.
Definition of Stannum
1. Noun. (chemistry rare) tin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stannum
1. tin [n -S]
Medical Definition of Stannum
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stannum
Literary usage of Stannum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"When copper vessels are coated with stannum," they produce a less ... At the
present day a counterfeit stannum is made, by adding one-third of white copper ..."
2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1906)
"In the vicinity of the stannum, and occupying a portion of the lease, ML 77, ...
From the main mass of the porphyry, which occurs on the stannum Lease, ..."
3. Pyrology: Or Fire Chemistry; a Science Interesting to the General by William Alexander Ross (1875)
"16), that stannum was obtained "from an ore which contains it in common witli
silver." This clear statement seems to dispose of the supposition, ..."
4. Physiological Materia Medica: Containing All that is Known of the by William H. Burt (1883)
"Through the cerebro-spinal system, stannum has four special centers of action:
... stannum produces a state of neurasthenia and complete prostration of the ..."
5. British Mineralogy:: Or Coloured Figures Intended to Elucidate the by James Sowerby (1804)
"stannum crystallinum. Linn. Syst. ed. 12, v. 3. lSO. TIN, although universally
known in the metallic state as obtained from its ore, would never be ..."
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