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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(n.) A Latin god of
commerce
and gain; --
treated
by the poets as
identical
with the Greek
Hermes,
messenger
of the gods,
conductor
of souls to the lower
world,
and god of
eloquence..
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Water Thermometer
::
Water
thermometer
() A
thermometer
filled
with water
instead
of
mercury,
for
ascertaining
the
precise
temperature
at which water
attains
its
maximum
density.
This is about 39?
Fahr.,
or 4?
Centigrade;
and from that point down to 32?
Fahr.,
or 0?
Centigrade,
or the
freezing
point,
it
expands..
Mercurify
::
Mercurify
(v. t.) To
combine
or
mingle
mercury
with; to
impregnate
with
mercury;
to
mercurialize.
Calomel
::
Calomel
(n.) Mild
chloride
of
mercury,
Hg2Cl2,
a
heavy,
white or
yellowish
white
substance,
insoluble
and
tasteless,
much used in
medicine
as a
mercurial
and
purgative;
mercurous
chloride.
It
occurs
native
as the
mineral
horn
quicksilver..
Caduceus
::
Caduceus
(n.) The
official
staff or wand of
Hermes
or
Mercury,
the
messenger
of the gods. It was
originally
said to be a
herald's
staff of olive wood, but was
afterwards
fabled
to have two
serpents
coiled
about it, and two wings at the top..
Cathetometer
::
Cathetometer
(n.) An
instrument
for the
accurate
measurement
of small
differences
of
height;
esp. of the
differences
in the
height
of the upper
surfaces
of two
columns
of
mercury
or other
fluid,
or of the same
column
at
different
times.
It
consists
of a
telescopic
leveling
apparatus
(d), which
slides
up or down a
perpendicular
metallic
standard
very
finely
graduated
(bb). The
telescope
is
raised
or
depressed
in order to sight the
objects
or
surfaces,
and the
differences
in
vertical
height
are th
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A Latin god of
commerce
and gain; --
treated
by the poets as
identical
with the Greek
Hermes,
messenger
of the gods,
conductor
of souls to the lower
world,
and god of
eloquence..
Hourglass
::
Hourglass
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
time,
especially
the
interval
of an hour. It
consists
of a glass
vessel
having
two
compartments,
from the
uppermost
of which a
quantity
of sand,
water,
or
mercury
occupies
an hour in
running
through
a small
aperture
unto the
lower..
Aaron's Rod
::
Aaron's
rod () A rod with one
serpent
twined
around
it, thus
differing
from the
caduceus
of
Mercury,
which has two..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.)
Caused
by the use of
mercury;
as,
mercurial
sore
mouth..
Hydrargochloride
::
Hydrargochloride
(n.) A
compound
of the
bichloride
of
mercury
with
another
chloride.
Amalgamate
::
Amalgamate
(v. t.) To
compound
or mix, as
quicksilver,
with
another
metal;
to
unite,
combine,
or alloy with
mercury..
Cinnabar
::
Cinnabar
(n.) Red
sulphide
of
mercury,
occurring
in
brilliant
red
crystals,
and also in red or brown
amorphous
masses.
It is used in
medicine..
Solvent
::
Solvent
(n.) A
substance
(usually
liquid)
suitable
for, or
employed
in,
solution,
or in
dissolving
something;
as, water is the
appropriate
solvent
of most
salts,
alcohol
of
resins,
ether of fats, and
mercury
or acids of
metals,
etc..
Mercurialize
::
Mercurialize
(v. t.) To
affect
with
mercury.
Patio
::
Patio (n.) A paved yard or floor where ores are
cleaned
and
sorted,
or where ore, salt,
mercury,
etc., are
trampled
by
horses,
to
effect
intermixture
and
amalgamation..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to, or
containing,
mercury;
as,
mercurial
preparations,
barometer.
See
Mercury,
2..
Daguerreotype
::
Daguerreotype
(n.) An early
variety
of
photograph,
produced
on a
silver
plate,
or
copper
plate
covered
with
silver,
and
rendered
sensitive
by the
action
of
iodine,
or
iodine
and
bromine,
on
which,
after
exposure
in the
camera,
the
latent
image is
developed
by the vapor of
mercury..
Manometer
::
Manometer
(n.) An
instrument
for
measuring
the
tension
or
elastic
force of
gases,
steam,
etc.,
constructed
usually
on the
principle
of
allowing
the gas to exert its
elastic
force in
raising
a
column
of
mercury
in an open tube, or in
compressing
a
portion
of air or other gas in a
closed
tube with
mercury
or other
liquid
intervening,
or in
bending
a
metallic
or other
spring
so as to set in
motion
an
index;
a
pressure
gauge.
See
Pressure,
and
Illust.
of Air
pump..
Mercuric
::
Mercuric
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
derived
from,
mercury;
containing
mercury;
-- said of those
compounds
of
mercury
into which this
element
enters
in its
lowest
proportion..
Coloradoite
::
Coloradoite
(n.)
Mercury
telluride,
an
iron-black
metallic
mineral,
found in
Colorado..
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