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Lead has been used by humans for at least 7000 years, because it is widespread, easy to extract and easy to work with. It is highly malleable and ductile as well as easy to smelt. In the early bronze age lead was used with antimony and arsenic. Lead was mentioned in the Book of Exodus. Alchemists think that lead was the oldest metal and associated it with the planet Saturn. Lead pipes that bear the insignia of Roman emperors are still in service and many Roman "pigs" (ingots) of lead figure in Derbyshire lead mining history and in the history of the industry in other English centres. Lead's symbol Pb is an abbreviation of its Latin name plumbum. The English word "Plumbing" also derives from this Latin root.
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∙ 8y agoMetallic lead beads dating back to 6400 B.C. have been found in Çatalhöyük in modern-day Turkey. In the early Bronze Age, lead was used with antimony and arsenic. Lead is mentioned in the Book of Exodus (15:10). No-one can trace the discovery of lead to one particular person because it has been commonly used for thousands of years.
Lead has been known from ancient times and thus nobody knows who first discovered it.
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∙ 12y agoThe element of Lead was discovered around 9000 BC and was discovered by Wilbert Ganthern he was an archeologist and dug up lead when he was digging.
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∙ 12y agoLead has been known since before recorded history. Lead beads almost 8500 years old have been discovered in what is now Turkey.
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∙ 9y agoLead has been known since prehistoric times. Lead beads dating back to about 6400 BC have been found in Turkey.
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∙ 13y agoNobody knows for certainty as it has been around since antiquity. The ancients used it.
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∙ 12y agoLead is known from prehistoric times.
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Why isn't lead used in pencils anymore?
There has never been any lead in lead pencils. The graphite deposit that produced the first pencils was mistakenly thought to be lead. Chemists pointed out the error but the name stuck.
What is the decay element of uranium?
It is not yet discovered since all of the uranium isotopes are having half life for several millions of years. We would be able to find it after atleast 700 millions of years.
When was bauxite discovered?
bauxite was identified or discovered in 1821.
Who discovered pickeles?
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Theodor Boveri discovered them in 1888.
What year was lead discovered and who discovered it?
Lead is known from prehistoric times.
What day was lead discovered?
it was discovered by a person that fou nd lead poisoning a while back.
When lead is made from iridium?
Lead was discovered in 7,000
What was lead discovered in?
Galena
Where was lead dioxide discovered?
As a mineral (plattnerite) lead dioxide was discovered in 1845 in Germany by K. F. Plattner.
What year was lead discovered?
Lead is known from prehistoric times.
What year did lead discovered?
Lead is known from prehistoric times.
What year lead discovered?
Lead is known from prehistoric times.
Who discovered the element lead?
Lead has been known from ancient times and thus nobody knows who first discovered it.
What country discovered lead element?
It was never really discovered. A majority of the human race already knew what lead was prior to countries.
When was lead discovered and who by?
Lead has been known since ancient times. The exact person who discovered it is unknown. It is a blue-white metal element.
Where was the element lead discovered?
no one knows
