I get a lot of WTF stuff.
Pretty sure lead oxide was used in makeup back in the 18th century too. No wonder so many in the nobility were off their nut.
Indeed. Lead is a byproduct of gold and silver smelting, so there was a lot of it (that is also why alchemists thought that transmuting lead to gold was possible) and as a soft metal that is very workable, it found its way into a ton of common uses.
Pretty sure lead oxide was used in makeup back in the 18th century too. No wonder so many in the nobility were off their nut.
Indeed. Lead is a byproduct of gold and silver smelting, so there was a lot of it (that is also why alchemists thought that transmuting lead to gold was possible) and as a soft metal that is very workable, it found its way into a ton of common uses.