1Thomas Jefferson’s Notes on Tin and Plank for Monticello, [by 29 July 1822] (Jefferson Papers)
50. sq. require 33. boxes of tin = 429.D.the 2. will require 7. boxes tin = 91.D
2Thomas Jefferson’s Estimate of Tin Needed to Roof Monticello, 5 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
Measures of the roof for estimating tin boxes tin
3James Dinsmore’s Report on Tin to Central College Board of Visitors, 10 November 1818 (Jefferson Papers)
to Examine and report on the Eligibility of Tin as a Covering for Houses as Introduced in —I beg leave to inform them that I have repaired to that place. was Introduced to the owners of the two Principal Houses Coverd with Tin— haveing Asisted to put the tin on his House, Seems to have aquired a practical Knowledge of the evils to be avoided and the Proper method to be Pursued—by the ...tin...tin
4Thomas Jefferson to Charles Yancey (1770–1857), 12 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
the tin of a roof, we were led to it from a belief that it could not be done without the very expensive & complicated machine which he used to bend the tin, which he told us was a patent machine, costing 40.D. and not to be had in the you will have to get your tin from the tin for a square costs 8. D 67 c & the putting it on about 1.D. say 10.D. a square, instead of 15.D. .... the tin......tin...
5John Canton: Electrical Experiments, 6 December 1753 (Franklin Papers)
Let a tin tube, of four or five feet in length, and about two inches in diameter, be insulated by silk; and from one end of it let the cork-balls be suspended by linen threads. Electrify it, by bringing... ...the return of the tube they will approach each other till they touch, and then repel as at first. If the tin-tube be electrified by wax, or the wire of a charg’d phial, the balls will be...tin
6Thomas Jefferson to Absalom H. Brooks, 28 July 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
it is certainly my opinion that you charge too high for your work in covering with tin, and this opinion is founded mainly on information from yourself. I learnt from you that a man can do a square a day of that covering. for this your charge was 5.75 D which I consider as... a box of tin costing 13.D. does a square & a half. consequently the tin for a square is 8.67 D and adding your 5.75...
7Chapman Johnson to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
, to cover some of the buildings with tin, has asked my opinion as to different modes of putting it on, and desired me, to communFour roofs were covered with tin, in this town, last year—On three of them, the courses of tin were put on diagonally; on the fourth they were put on horizontally—All of them are found to answer very w
8To George Washington from William Gordon, 30 March 1793 (Washington Papers)
tin, Such, desire to know, whether there is any tin ore in America. So little of it is wanted, that being at a distance from the site of the manufacture will be of small comparative importance. Should there be no tin ore within the U.S., the quantity is so great in Cornwall, that a sufficient supply may be got from England; but then it must be done, before government can get to
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9Arthur S. Brockenbrough to Thomas Jefferson, 7 June 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
On the propriety of substituting tin gutters for Wood over the a box of tin will make gutters which at 15 $ ⅌ box will be say $2. for the tin necessary for each gutter, the workmanship for puting in the same 1$ more p gutter all other work preparing, will not be more than $2.34—makg in all $ 5.34 the cost of each tin gutter for the dormitories— ...less than the wooden gutter—Tin under the...
10Absalom H. Brooks to Thomas Jefferson, 1 August 1822 (Jefferson Papers)
will Save as mutch tin as will pay any negros wages and a greate deale over more tin put on that building then I put on buildings of the Same Sise. the macheine Comes next I have seene it and I would venter all that I posess if disposed to bet that I Can turne more tin in three hours than Can be turnd with it in a day ...tin and the lenght of time Spent it would be Cheaper to give me my price...