This element, once widely used in plumbing is known in Latin as plumbum, hence its symbol Pb
It emits a faint glow upon exposure to oxygen (hence its name, 
Latin for ...... Tin (anglo-Saxon, tin, Latin stannum) is one of the earliest metals 
known and... [DOC] [TLE] lead facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about lead [PAR] Lead resists corrosion by water, so it has long been used in the plumbing ... Its 
use must be carefully controlled, and several formerly common uses of lead ... 3 
The principal lead ore, galena, is properly known as lead sulfide, and ... For 
example the lead commonly used in car batteries, and also for pipe, ......