A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER VII.—METAL WORKERS (NOT ELECTRO PLATE OR PRECIOUS METALS)

Sub-order 8.—Other Workers

242.—Lead Burners and Chemical Plumbers

chemical plumber: see lead burner.
lead burner ; chemical plumber: instals and repairs leaden tanks, stills, pipes, etc., and makes lead pipe connections. in a chemical works; cuts sheet lead to exact size with knife and shears and lines tanks intended for bolding acids and other chemicals, whether in a chemical works or otherwise; unites edges of lead sheets, pipes, etc., either by fusing together adjoining surfaces with blow pipe, or by pouring molten lend round joint or hole.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.