“ According to his own account (England’s Improvement, pt. ii. 1681) , he was “very civilly treated " and was allowed to see the whole process. On his return to England his friends undertook the manufacture on an experimental scale, but though they were successful they had to abandon it, because their method became known and a patent for it was “trumpt up" by a rival, who, however, from lack of technical skill was unable to work it. ”

“ Tin-plate is consumed in enormous quantities for the manufacture of the tin cans in which preserved meat, fish, fruit, biscuits, cigarettes and numerous other products are packed, and also for the household utensils of various kinds made by the tinsmitli or silversmith; terne-plates, which began to be produced in England about the middle of the 10th century. are widely employed in America for roofing purposes. ”