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What profession owes his name to working with lead pipes?
Plumbing
What is the o rigin of word plumbing?
Plumbing comes from "plumbum", the Latin word for the metal Lead. Originally, pipes were made of lead.
What element do plumbers associate with?
The word plumber derives from the Latin word plumbum, meaning lead. Plumbing was originally done with lead pipes, although those are now considered to be obsolete, and are mostly replaced. Modern plumbing is done with copper, steel, or PVC pipes.
What metal is old and used for plumbing pipes?
galvanized water lines, cast iron drain lines, sometimes lead pipes, terracotta or clay pipes, and in rare cases wooden pipes.
Is copper used in plumbing?
Yes, copper pipes are used extensively in plumbing.
What element plumbing pipes led sicknees and death?
Lead.
What profession owes his name to working with lead pipes?
Plumbing
What is the o rigin of word plumbing?
Plumbing comes from "plumbum", the Latin word for the metal Lead. Originally, pipes were made of lead.
What are the plumbing pipes used in the older houses that are proned to leaking?
Lead,
What is the name of roman plumbing?
... Plumbing. The word comes from the Latin for for lead, plumbum, from which the pipes were made (leading to lots and lots of lead poisoning).
What chemical is in old plumbing pipes and fixtures and some ceramic glazes?
Lead
What is lead used for?
it's used in plumbing and pipes.
What plumbing was used in the time of jesus?
They used lead pipes , which the Romans used in Rome.
What are ancient names for lead?
One of the names of the metal Lead- in Latin, was plumbum. Since very early plumbing used pipes made of lead, the name plumbum is the root of the word plumbing.
Which elements are used to make water pipes?
Copper pipes are now most commonly used in plumbing. Lead pipes were used long ago, and the word plumbing is derived from the Latin word for lead (plumbum). Iron pipes were used until relatively inexpensive copper pipes became readily available during the twentieth century.
Why is pb the chemical of lead?
The Latin word for lead is plumbum. Pipes used to be made from lead, which is why the trade of pipe installation is called plumbing.
Why are plumber called plumbers?
From the Latin "plumbum"-lead. A plumber is a person who works with lead. Household pipes used to be made of lead, hence a person who worked on your pipes was a plumber.
