Chemical element with symbol Pb and atomic number 82

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Process of producing lead sheet, and the tables used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

A rolling-mill used in the production of lead sheet. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Machinery used in the production of lead sheet: vertical and horizontal elevations. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Components of a rolling mill for lead. Etching by R. Bénard after L.-J. Goussier.

Process of producing lead sheet, and the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Glass: a wire-drawing machine for making lead cames. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

Glass: a wire-drawing machine for producing the lead cames used for glazing windows. Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

Glass: a glazier's workshop (above), the tools used for making and glazing windows (below). Engraving by R. Bénard after Bourgeois.

A tea plantation in China: workers prepare lead for tea containers. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.

A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

Tentamen chemicum et medicum inaugurale quaedam de plumbo complectens / Eruditorum examini subjicit Andreas Nicoll, Scoto-Britannus.

Low level lead exposure : the clinical implications of current research / editor, Herbert L. Needleman.

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Lead

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Images about Lead

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Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Tentamen chemicum et medicum inaugurale quaedam de plumbo complectens / Eruditorum examini subjicit Andreas Nicoll, Scoto-Britannus.

Low level lead exposure : the clinical implications of current research / editor, Herbert L. Needleman.

Lead

Images from the collections

Images about Lead

Works from the collections

Process of producing lead sheet, and section of the rolling-mill used. Etching by Bénard after L.J. Goussier.

Observations on the external use of preparations of lead, with some general remarks on topical medicines / [John Aikin].

A mine: cross-section of a machine for extracting water from the pit and three optical diagrams. Etching by T. Jefferys.

Tentamen chemicum et medicum inaugurale quaedam de plumbo complectens / Eruditorum examini subjicit Andreas Nicoll, Scoto-Britannus.

Low level lead exposure : the clinical implications of current research / editor, Herbert L. Needleman.

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