Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The villagers used coal from a mine near Sanquhar Castle in their homes. [60] The Susanna vein carried a lead ore in the form of rectangular shining crystals. The lead was transported to Leith, and shipped to Holland where it was processed again to extract the silver. The final use was manufacture of red lead and white lead pigment.
In Edo period Japan, the village head was called nanushi (名主) and was in charge of tax collection, general village administration, management of public natural resources (such as mountain, field, river and ocean) of the village, as well as negotiating with the territorial lord as the representative of the villagers. [4]
Lead scrap includes lead-acid batteries, cable coverings, pipes, sheets and lead coated, or terne bearing, metals. Solder, product waste and dross may also be recovered for its small lead content. Most secondary lead is used in batteries. To recover lead from a battery, the battery is broken and the components are classified.
The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. In many villages, these bombs have become a staple part of the landscape.
Consumer Reports tracked the amount of lead in Lunchables by percentage of California’s maximum allowable dose level, which is 0.5 micrograms per day for lead.
NL Industries (NYSE: NL), formerly known as the National Lead Company, is a lead smelting company currently based in Houston, Texas. National Lead was one of the 12 original stocks included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the time of its creation on May 26, 1896. [1] NL Industries (Dutch Boy Paint) Specimen Stock Certificate, c.1975
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Image credits: Wichella #8. Can only remember a moment in personal history. I was the last generation in my country to do mandatory military service. And apparently my generation is particularly lazy.