372 On the Manufacture of Tin-plate. 
next to those of Cornwall, are the largest in 
Europe. ‘The ore which is found there is not 
the tin pyrites, but the mineral called tin-stone ; 
and it is curious that it should occur in abun- 
dance, both on the Bohemian and Saxon sides 
of the mountain group—accordingly, manu- 
factories of tinned iron have been established 
in both those kingdoms. Alluvial deposits 
of grain-tin are also found in the same vici- 
nity. 
From the time of the invention of tin-plate 
to the end of the seventeenth century, not 
only England, but also the whole of Europe 
depended upon the manufactures of Bohe- 
mia and Saxony for their supply. However, 
about the year 1665 one Andrew Yarranton, 
encouraged by some persons of property un- 
dertook, to go over to Saxony to acquire a 
knowledge of the art—and on his return, se- 
veral parcels of tin-plate were made of a su- 
perior quality to those which we had been ac- 
customed to import from Saxony ; but owing 
to some unfortunate and unforeseen circum- 
stances, which are all detailed by Mr. Yar- 
ranton,* the manufactory was not at that 
* « England’s Improvement by Sea and Land,” with 
_many plates of Plans, Charts, &c. in two parts, by Andrew 
Yarranton, Gent. Part I. Quarto. London, 1677. Part II. 
London, 1681. 
