TIN

By jasmineeeeeekaur

  • antiquity

    Elements such as gold, silver, tin, copper, lead and mercury have been known since antiquity. The first scientific discovery of element occurred in 1649 and it was the discovery of phosphorus by Henning Brand.

  • Making of tin

    About the year 1670, Andrew Yarranton undertook, at the expence of some enterprising persons, a journey into Saxony, order to discover the art of making tin

  • Patents

    The history of tin began in 1810. The British Government granted a patent to a merchant, Peter Durand for his idea of using.

  • Mining Tin industry

    The 150 year old building, located in Klang, has a long trading history and was once used to store tin and other products.
    Two decades later, it was converted into a museum. The various exhibits in the museum depict the history of Selangor's tin mining industry

  • Discovery of tin deposit

    James Smith found the rich deposit of tin at Mount Bischoff. The discovery of tin drew the attention of the people to the investigation of the rich mineral resources of the colony.

  • Stream tin

    Thomas Carlean first discovered stream tin here near the source of vegetable creek

  • Tin has been known to occur in the southern hills which drawn the attention to Richard Pearce.

  • Tin appears to have been first discovered in this locnlity

  • World War 1, metal tin was the medical first aid item issued to the military soldiers.

  • The tin mine was closed after 4000 years of Tin mining

  • 2000 BC

    copper implements contained very little tin as local reserves of tin had been exhausted.
    The first tin artifacts.

  • Largest companies of Tin

    The ten largest companies produced most of the world's tin in 2007.
    Most of the world's tin is traded on the London Metal Exchange. Largest mining companies by production in tons.

  • 2050 BC

    The sumerians had recognized that if different ores were blended together in the smelting process different type of copper would flow easily.

  • 3000 BC First Use

    Tin has been used in a variety of large-scale products. Tin is a non-corrosive, malleable metal.

  • 3500 BC

    Tin was used in bronze implements because if its hardening effect on copper.
    The mining of tin is believed to have begun around classical times.

  • 3500 BC Discovery

    Tin is a white metallic element. Tin was first used in 3500 BC in the city of Ur in southern Mesopotamia, now known as Iraq. The natives of Iran made articles from bronze, which is an alloy of tin and copper.
    • The earliest uses of tin were in Turkey. It was first mined and refined in Turkey. When tin undergoes mining, it becomes a silvery metal that is used for the resistance to corrosion.