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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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Hydrargyrum
::
Hydrargyrum
(n.)
Quicksilver;
mercury.
Mercury
::
Mercury
(v. t.) To wash with a
preparation
of
mercury.
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..
Mercaptan
::
Mercaptan
(n.) Any one of
series
of
compounds,
hydrosulphides
of
alcohol
radicals,
in
composition
resembling
the
alcohols,
but
containing
sulphur
in place of
oxygen,
and hence
called
also the
sulphur
alcohols.
In
general,
they are
colorless
liquids
having
a
strong,
repulsive,
garlic
odor. The name is
specifically
applied
to ethyl
mercaptan,
C2H5SH.
So
called
from its
avidity
for
mercury,
and other
metals..
Alembroth
::
Alembroth
(n.) The salt of
wisdom
of the
alchemists,
a
double
salt
composed
of the
chlorides
of
ammonium
and
mercury.
It was
formerly
used as a
stimulant..
Tellurium
::
Tellurium
(n.) A rare
nonmetallic
element,
analogous
to
sulphur
and
selenium,
occasionally
found
native
as a
substance
of a
silver-white
metallic
luster,
but
usually
combined
with
metals,
as with gold and
silver
in the
mineral
sylvanite,
with
mercury
in
Coloradoite,
etc.
Symbol
Te.
Atomic
weight
125.2..
Hydrargyrism
::
Hydrargyrism
(n.) A
diseased
condition
produced
by
poisoning
with
hydrargyrum,
or
mercury;
mercurialism..
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..
Amalgam
::
Amalgam
(n.) An alloy of
mercury
with
another
metal or
metals;
as, an
amalgam
of tin,
bismuth,
etc..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A plant
(Mercurialis
annua),
of the
Spurge
family,
the
leaves
of which are
sometimes
used for
spinach,
in
Europe..
Cinnabar
::
Cinnabar
(n.) The
artificial
red
sulphide
of
mercury
used as a
pigment;
vermilion.
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..
Tin
::
Tin (n.) An
elementary
substance
found as an oxide in the
mineral
cassiterite,
and
reduced
as a soft white
crystalline
metal,
malleable
at
ordinary
temperatures,
but
brittle
when
heated.
It is not
easily
oxidized
in the air, and is used
chiefly
to coat iron to
protect
it from
rusting,
in the form of tin foil with
mercury
to form the
reflective
surface
of
mirrors,
and in
solder,
bronze,
speculum
metal,
and other
alloys.
Its
compounds
are
designated
as
stannous,
or
stannic.
Symbol
Sn
(Stannum).
At
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(n.) A
preparation
containing
mercury.
Petasus
::
Petasus
(n.) The
winged
cap of
Mercury;
also, a
broad-brimmed,
low-crowned
hat worn by
Greeks
and
Romans..
Azoth
::
Azoth (n.) The first
principle
of
metals,
i. e.,
mercury,
which was
formerly
supposed
to exist in all
metals,
and to be
extractable
from
them..
Vacuum
::
Vacuum
(n.) The
condition
of
rarefaction,
or
reduction
of
pressure
below that of the
atmosphere,
in a
vessel,
as the
condenser
of a steam
engine,
which is
nearly
exhausted
of air or
steam,
etc.; as, a
vacuum
of 26
inches
of
mercury,
or 13
pounds
per
square
inch..
Liquid
::
Liquid
(a.) Being in such a state that the
component
parts move
freely
among
themselves,
but do not tend to
separate
from each other as the
particles
of gases and
vapors
do;
neither
solid nor
aeriform;
as,
liquid
mercury,
in
distinction
from
mercury
solidified
or in a state of
vapor..
Thoth
::
Thoth (n.) The god of
eloquence
and
letters
among the
ancient
Egyptians,
and
supposed
to be the
inventor
of
writing
and
philosophy.
He
corresponded
to the
Mercury
of the
Romans,
and was
usually
represented
as a human
figure
with the head of an ibis or a
lamb..
Coloradoite
::
Coloradoite
(n.)
Mercury
telluride,
an
iron-black
metallic
mineral,
found in
Colorado..
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