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Thu, 9 Feb 2012 13:22:09 +0000
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Hi
For those who have sat through tin pest presentations, where evidence of
this has been cited, may recall stories of Napoleon's invasion of
Russia, and the failure of tin soldered buttons.

A recent interesting post on the BBC presents a credible account of why
that invasion failed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16929522 

Chris Hunt
NPL 




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