 | Richard Watson - 1786 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...moulds of -ftone, containing about 320 pounds weight of metal, which, when hardened, is called a block of tin; each block of tin is coined in the follow•ing...Duke of Cornwall, aflay it, 'by taking off a piece of cne of the •under tinder corners of the block, 'p by cutting and partly by breakings and if well... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1786 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...moulds of ftone, containing about 320 pounds weight of metal, which, when hardened, is called a block of tin; each block of tin is coined in the following...manner:—" the officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall, afTay it, by taking off a piece of one of the corners of the block, partly by cutting and partly by.-break.ing,;... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1788 - عدد الصفحات: 438
...moulds of ftone, containing about 320 pounds weight of metal, which, when hardened, rs called a block of tin ; each' block of tin is coined in the following..." the officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall, afiay it; by taking off a piece of one of the under : corners of the block, partly, by cutting, and... | |
 | Axel Fredrik Cronstedt - 1788 - عدد الصفحات: 628
...quadrangular moulds of ftone, containing about 320 pounds weight of metal, and it is then called tlock-tin. The officers, appointed by the Duke of Cornwall, aflay it, by taking a piece of one of the under corners of each block ; and, if found pure, it is ftamped with the feal... | |
 | 1809 - عدد الصفحات: 304
...coined. When the tin is brought to the coinage town, the officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it, by taking off a piece of one of the under corners of about a pound weight, partly by cutting and partly bj breaking ; and, if well purified, stamp the face... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 688
...moulds of stone, containing- about 3?0 pounds weight of metal, which, when hardened, is called a block of tin ; each block of tin is coined in the following...manner:—'' The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it. by taking off a piece of one of the under corners of the block, partly by cutting, and partly... | |
 | Edward T W. Polehampton - 1815 - عدد الصفحات: 712
...moulds of stone, conliining about 320 pounds weight of metal, which, when hardened, is called a block of tin ; each block of tin is coined in the following...— " The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it, by taking oil a piece of one of the under corners of the block, partly by cutting, and partly... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - عدد الصفحات: 538
...specula of the ancients were composed of .these two metals, and made at Brundusium. block of thetin is coined in the following manner. The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it, by taking off a piece of ore of the under corners of the block, partly by cutting, and partly... | |
 | 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 950
...tin ore.* Before the passage of the act of 1838, each block of tin was coined, according to Borlase, in the following manner : — "The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it, by taking off a piece of one of the under corners of the block, partly by cutting, and partly... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 1054
...tin ore.* Before the passage of the act of 1838, each block of tin was coined, according to Borlase, in the following manner : " The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it, by taking olí a piece of one of the tinder corners of the block, partly by cutting and partly... | |
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The officers appointed by the Duke of Cornwall assay it. by taking off a piece of one of the under corners of the block, partly by cutting, and partly by breaking ; and if well purified, they stamp the face of the block with the impression of the seal... 
