lead

raw materials, minerals, geology

A chemical element (Pb) and poisonous heavy metal with a low melting point.

Traveljournal 1814

Leeds, 4 September 1814

Traveljournal 1825

A novel beverage pump, 13 June 1825
Visit to St. George’s Foundry, 20 June 1825
Fischer’s sought-after innovation, 6 July 1825

Traveljournal 1825–1827

A Victorian ice machine, 5 December 1826

Traveljournal 1845

Nephew Winz and talking shop with Mr. K., 24 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

The Butterley Works and a highway robbery at Alfredton, 26 October 1846
Technical spectacles at the Polytechnical Institution, 2 November 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Fischer’s walks through London, 26 June 1851
Further highlights of the Exhibition, 29 June 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

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Cite as: lead. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/keywords/gfa-keywords-8775, viewed on 7 June 2025.