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MR. RODWELL writes:—“The Greek name for tin, ‘kassiteros’ (κασσιτépos), was perhaps derived from the Insulæ Cassiterides or Scilly Islands;” but he does not state how these islands came by such a high-sounding name.
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H., A. The Birth of Chemistry. Nature 7, 68 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007068f0
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