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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,608	Pb Dec 15, 2019 17:23:50 GMT -5 braat, RocksInNJ, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Dec 15, 2019 17:23:50 GMT -5 *The Most Important Scientist You’ve Never Heard Of* www.mentalfloss.com/article/94569/clair-patterson-scientist-who-determined-age-earth-and-then-saved-it
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

knave gets rocks for Christmas Enjoying the hobby Member since September 2019 Posts: 5,569	Pb Dec 15, 2019 23:16:15 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by knave on Dec 15, 2019 23:16:15 GMT -5 Interesting read, thanks! Unreal how much lead is still around as well.

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I haven't finished the article yet, but it caused me recall a childhood memory of watching my father stirring some white lead oxide paste that he was preparing to add to some paint. He explained its advantages as an additive, making it sound like a good, safe thing to do.

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opalpyrexia

Used to hear red lead mentioned a lot years ago, usually in connection with pipe dope or painting – as a primer on steel and iron. Hadn’t really heard of the white lead before, so I looked it up . . .

Lead(II) acetate solution was a commonly used folk remedy for sore nipples.

“So let's try it again, kid. How d’ya really get the lead poisoning?”

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

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Also . . .

Lead(II) acetate (Pb(CH3COO)2), also known as lead acetate, lead diacetate, plumbous acetate, sugar of lead, lead sugar, salt of Saturn, or Goulard's powder, is a white crystalline chemical compound with a sweet taste. It is made by treating lead(II) oxide with acetic acid. Like other lead compounds, it is toxic. Lead acetate is soluble in water and glycerin. With water it forms the trihydrate, Pb(CH3COO)2·3H2O, a colourless or white efflorescent monoclinic crystalline substance.

The substance is used as a reagent to make other lead compounds and as a fixative for some dyes. In low concentrations, it is the principal active ingredient in progressive types of hair colouring dyes. Lead(II) acetate is also used as a mordant in textile printing and dyeing, and as a drier in paints and varnishes. It was historically used as a sweetener and for cosmetics.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead(II)_acetate

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead-based_paint_in_the_United_Kingdom

fernwood misunderstood rock expert Member since May 2016 Posts: 11,965	Pb Dec 19, 2019 5:24:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fernwood on Dec 19, 2019 5:24:11 GMT -5 When I was a child, we made our own fishing jigs and sinkers from lead. I later made my own, too. We also used the red lead powder as a primer when repainting farm equipment. Lead had many uses over the years.
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