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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(n.) A
metallic
element
mostly
obtained
by
reduction
from
cinnabar,
one of its ores. It is a
heavy,
opaque,
glistening
liquid
(commonly
called
quicksilver),
and is used in
barometers,
thermometers,
ect.
Specific
gravity
13.6.
Symbol
Hg
(Hydrargyrum).
Atomic
weight
199.8.
Mercury
has a
molecule
which
consists
of only one atom. It was named by the
alchemists
after the god
Mercury,
and
designated
by his
symbol,
/..
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Ohm
::
Ohm (n.) The
standard
unit in the
measure
of
electrical
resistance,
being the
resistance
of a
circuit
in which a
potential
difference
of one volt
produces
a
current
of one
ampere.
As
defined
by the
International
Electrical
Congress
in 1893, and by
United
States
Statute,
it is a
resistance
substantially
equal to 109 units of
resistance
of the
C.G.S.
system
of
electro-magnetic
units,
and is
represented
by the
resistance
offered
to an
unvarying
electric
current
by a
column
of
mercury
at the
tempera
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..
Silver
::
Silver
(v. t.) To cover with
silver;
to give a
silvery
appearance
to by
applying
a metal of a
silvery
color;
as, to
silver
a pin; to
silver
a glass
mirror
plate with an
amalgam
of tin and
mercury..
Sprent
::
Sprengel
pump () A form of air pump in which
exhaustion
is
produced
by a
stream
of
mercury
running
down a
narrow
tube, in the
manner
of an
aspirator;
-- named from the
inventor..
Secretage
::
Secretage
(n.) A
process
in which
mercury,
or some of its
salts,
is
employed
to
impart
the
property
of
felting
to
certain
kinds of
furs..
Amalgam
::
Amalgam
(n.) A
native
compound
of
mercury
and
silver.
Salivate
::
Salivate
(v. t.) To
produce
an
abnormal
flow of
saliva
in; to
produce
salivation
or
ptyalism
in, as by the use of
mercury..
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..
Testudo
::
Testudo
(n.) A kind of
musical
instrument.
a
species
of lyre; -- so
called
in
allusion
to the lyre of
Mercury,
fabled
to have been made of the shell of a
tortoise..
Talaria
::
Talaria
(n. pl.) Small wings or
winged
shoes
represented
as
fastened
to the
ankles,
--
chiefly
used as an
attribute
of
Mercury..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.)
Caused
by the use of
mercury;
as,
mercurial
sore
mouth..
Alloy
::
Alloy (v. t.) Any
combination
or
compound
of
metals
fused
together;
a
mixture
of
metals;
for
example,
brass,
which is an alloy of
copper
and zinc. But when
mercury
is one of the
metals,
the
compound
is
called
an
amalgam..
Hypostasis
::
Hypostasis
(n.)
Principle;
an
element;
-- used by the
alchemists
in
speaking
of salt,
sulphur,
and
mercury,
which they
considered
as the three
principles
of all
material
bodies..
Mobile
::
Mobile
(a.)
Characterized
by an
extreme
degree
of
fluidity;
moving
or
flowing
with great
freedom;
as,
benzine
and
mercury
are
mobile
liquids;
--
opposed
to
viscous,
viscoidal,
or
oily..
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..
Aaron's Rod
::
Aaron's
rod () A rod with one
serpent
twined
around
it, thus
differing
from the
caduceus
of
Mercury,
which has two..
Hemadynamometer
::
Hemadynamometer
(n.) An
instrument
by which the
pressure
of the blood in the
arteries,
or
veins,
is
measured
by the
height
to which it will raise a
column
of
mercury;
--
called
also a
haemomanometer..
Column
::
Column
(n.)
Anything
resembling,
in form or
position,
a
column
in
architecture;
an
upright
body or mass; a shaft or
obelisk;
as, a
column
of air, of
water,
of
mercury,
etc.; the
Column
Vendome;
the
spinal
column..
Hydrargyrum
::
Hydrargyrum
(n.)
Quicksilver;
mercury.
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..
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