A mixture of two parts of heavy spar and one of the plumbous compound. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
"spirits of salt" in soldering may have resulted in the presence of a little stannous, plumbous, or other chloride in canned food; but such a fault would soon be detected and corrected, and as a matter of fact, resin-soldering is to my knowledge more generally employed -- indeed, for anything I know to the contrary, is exclusively employed -- in canning food. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884] Reference
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