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re: Weep for poor ignorant Tradesman like plumbers.
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:42 pm to fr33manator
Posted on 2/18/21 at 7:42 pm to fr33manator
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Bonus question, don’t Google...why is it called plumbing?
First pipes were made from lead. "Plumb" comes from the Latin word for lead. That's also why the chemical symbol is Pb. And a plumb bob is called that because originally it was a piece of lead on a string.
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Posted on 2/18/21 at 11:24 pm to dbeck
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First pipes were made from lead. "Plumb" comes from the Latin word for lead. That's also why the chemical symbol is Pb. And a plumb bob is called that because originally it was a piece of lead on a string.
Yup. Plumbum. Really cool etymology
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