plumbous

Updated: September 11, 2025

In the early days of canning, it is just possible that the use of "spirits of salt" in soldering may have resulted in the presence of a little stannous, plumbous, or other chloride in canned food; but such a fault would soon be detected and corrected, and as a matter of fact, resin-soldering is to my knowledge more generally employed indeed, for anything I know to the contrary, is exclusively employed in canning food.

Various - Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884