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Piotrsko · 01-11-2025, 10:55 AM

If I understand correctly, tin was somewhat cheap and plentiful in Great Britain during the Great Empire period. Common, Really soft and easy to work unlike steel. Tin foil WAS a thing before 1100 dead soft aluminum foil which was relatively expensive before hydro electric.
Somewhere I read that Napoleon had a priceless tea set made from aluminum because it cost more than platinum back then

Suspect Wikipedia did their usual half effort on tin whistle.

I also believe the first power generator that WASN'T edison tried to match his voltages and got sued. 110 would power all the stuff but is off spec enough to not violate the patent. Westinghouse was a Pita to Edison but ended up doing all things electrical generation after Edison lost interest

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Piotrsko Somewhat crazed Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: 1826 miles WSW of Normal Posts: 4,456 Thanks: 546 Thanked 1,216 Times in 1,073 Posts	If I understand correctly, tin was somewhat cheap and plentiful in Great Britain during the Great Empire period. Common, Really soft and easy to work unlike steel. Tin foil WAS a thing before 1100 dead soft aluminum foil which was relatively expensive before hydro electric. Somewhere I read that Napoleon had a priceless tea set made from aluminum because it cost more than platinum back then Suspect Wikipedia did their usual half effort on tin whistle. I also believe the first power generator that WASN'T edison tried to match his voltages and got sued. 110 would power all the stuff but is off spec enough to not violate the patent. Westinghouse was a Pita to Edison but ended up doing all things electrical generation after Edison lost interest __________________ casual notes from the underground:There are some "experts" out there that in reality don't have a clue as to what they are doing.