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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(n.) One of the
planets
of the solar
system,
being the one
nearest
the sun, from which its mean
distance
is about
36,000,000
miles.
Its
period
is 88 days, and its
diameter
3,000
miles..
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Kingston Metal
::
Kingston
metal () An alloy of tin,
copper,
and
mercury,
sometimes
used for the
bearings
and
packings
of
machinery..
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..
Water Barometer
::
Water
barometer
() A
barometer
in which the
changes
of
atmospheric
pressure
are
indicated
by the
motion
of a
column
of water
instead
of
mercury.
It
requires
a
column
of water about
thirty-three
feet in
height.
Intramercurial
::
Intramercurial
(a.)
Between
the
planet
Mercury
and the sun; -- as, the
hypothetical
Vulcan
is
intramercurial..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.)
Caused
by the use of
mercury;
as,
mercurial
sore
mouth..
Rise
::
Rise (v.) To reach a
higher
level by
increase
of
quantity
or bulk; to
swell;
as, a river rises in its bed; the
mercury
rises in the
thermometer..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.) A plant
(Mercurialis
annua),
of the
Spurge
family,
the
leaves
of which are
sometimes
used for
spinach,
in
Europe..
Salivate
::
Salivate
(v. t.) To
produce
an
abnormal
flow of
saliva
in; to
produce
salivation
or
ptyalism
in, as by the use of
mercury..
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.)
Having
the
qualities
fabled
to
belong
to the god
Mercury;
swift;
active;
sprightly;
fickle;
volatile;
changeable;
as, a
mercurial
youth;
a
mercurial
temperament..
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
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
Water Gilding
::
Water
gilding
() The act, or the
process,
of
gilding
metallic
surfaces
by
covering
them with a thin
coating
of
amalgam
of gold, and then
volatilizing
the
mercury
by heat; --
called
also wash
gilding..
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..
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..
Mercurial
::
Mercurial
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Mercury
as the god of
trade;
hence,
money-making;
crafty..
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..
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..
Mercury
::
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,
/..
Mercury
::
Mercury
(v. t.) To wash with a
preparation
of
mercury.
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