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Tin-pot.

The first of the set of baths in which sheet-iron is dipped for tinning.

It is a rectangular cast-iron vessel holding about 500 pounds of block and grain tin, and heated by a furnace, which envelops the sides and bottom. The molten tin is covered with a layer of tallow four inches thick, to prevent oxidation.

The other baths or pans are the wash-pot, greasepot, pan, and list-pot. See tin-plate.

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