Editing Plumber (section)

==History==
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The origin of the word  "plumber" dates from the [[Roman Empire]].<ref>Pulsifer, William H. [https://archive.org/details/notesforhistoryo00pulsrich Notes For a History of Lead], New York University Press, 1888 pp. 132, 158</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.etymonline.com/word/plumber |title= plumber (n.) |date=October 7, 2021 |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=October 7, 2021}}</ref>  Roman roofs used lead in conduits and drain pipes<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Px4XAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA821 Middleton, The Remains of Ancient Rome, Vol. 2, A & C Black, 1892]</ref> and some were also covered with lead; lead was also used for [[piping]] and for making baths.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081121025509/http://www.ila-lead.org/factbook/annex.pdf Historical production and uses of lead]. ila-lead.org</ref> The [[Latin]]  for [[lead]] is ''{{lang|la|plumbum}}''.  In medieval times, anyone who worked with lead was referred to as a plumber; this can be seen from an extract about workmen fixing a roof in Westminster Palace; they were referred to as plumbers: "To Gilbert de Westminster, plumber, working about the roof of the pantry of the little hall, covering it with lead, and about various defects in the roof of the little hall".<ref name="plum1">{{cite book|title=The history of the ancient palace and late Houses of Parliament at Westminster|year=1836|publisher=J B Nichols and son|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DQc3AAAAMAAJ/page/n141 122]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_DQc3AAAAMAAJ|author=EW Wedlake|author2=J Britton |access-date=28 June 2010|chapter=Westminster Palace}}</ref>