Tinfoil
['tɪnfɒɪl]
Definition
n. tin in thin leaves for wrapping articles.—v.t. to cover with such.
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Examples
- By one method the surface of the object is first coated with tinfoil on which the artist traces his design, and this is then coated with melted transparent wax. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Over this was to be placed tinfoil, which easily received and recorded the movements of the diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Its mouth is closed with a cork through which is passed a metallic rod, terminating above in a knob and connected below with the inner coating by a chain or a piece of tinfoil. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Wrapped around the cylinder was a sheet of tinfoil, with which engaged a small chisel-like recording needle, connected adhesively with the centre of an iron diaphragm. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the early Edison phonograph the sound vibrations were registered on a tinfoil-covered cylinder. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is a glass jar coated both inside and outside with tinfoil for about four-fifths of its height. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Typist: Stacey