Lead Burning

Hall, F.

doi:10.1007/978-1-349-00867-4_40

F. Hall A.M.I.P.H.E., A.I.O.B., M.R.P.A.²

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Lead welding or lead burning is a method used to joint together lead pipe or lead sheet by the fusion of the lead. The process has been used for centuries, and the Romans made their lead pipes by coiling sheet lead round a mandril and fusing the edges together by means of a red hot iron.

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Guildford Technical College, City and Guilds of London Institute, UK
F. Hall A.M.I.P.H.E., A.I.O.B., M.R.P.A. (Lecturer Building Services, Silver Medallist)

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Hall, F. (1970). Lead Burning. In: Plumbing. Basic Building Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-00867-4_40

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