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'Lead'

The tradesman , plumber, comes from the fact that he/she contructed / mended lead water pipes. Today, the name refers to any tradesman dealing in pipework, usually copper, or olastic. and very rarely 'lead'.

The Latin name for ;Lead; is 'Plumbum' , Hence the 'Pb' as its elemental symbol .

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lenpollock

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