Figure embodying the element "Lead"

3D Model

3D scan of a figure holding a pipe, that is part of the architecture in Hall 6 of NHM Vienna, representing the chemical element Lead (Pb). Lead is a heavy metal with a low melting point, that makes it easy to form and produce a rust resistant layer. This made it extremely useful for roofing and piping and was used until the 1970s, but as even minuscule amounts can be harmful to health was since abolished.

All figures in Hall 6 of the NHM Vienna were created by Edmund Hofmann.

Object: Figure representing “Lead” (NHMW-DOC-00042)

Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna (contact: Stefanie Jovanović-Kruspel)

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Scanned and edited by V.Winkler & A.Haider (NHMW)

Scanner: Artec Leo

Contribution to the digitization project „Einsichten in die gesellschaftspolitische Dimension des NHMW über die Jahrhunderte von der Prägung des Wissenschafts-Verständnisses bis zum Nationalpark in der Lobau“ funded by the BMWKMS.