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Definition of mercury
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Mercury
(n.)
Sprightly
or
mercurial
quality;
spirit;
mutability;
fickleness.
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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..
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..
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..
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..
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..
Wing-footed
::
Wing-footed
(a.)
Having
wings
attached
to the feet; as,
wing-footed
Mercury;
hence,
swift;
moving
with
rapidity;
fleet..
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..
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..
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..
Kingston Metal
::
Kingston
metal () An alloy of tin,
copper,
and
mercury,
sometimes
used for the
bearings
and
packings
of
machinery..
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..
Hydrargyrate
::
Hydrargyrate
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
mercury;
containing,
or
impregnated
with,
mercury..
Cinnabar
::
Cinnabar
(n.) The
artificial
red
sulphide
of
mercury
used as a
pigment;
vermilion.
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..
Hydrostatics
::
Hydrostatics
(n.) The
branch
of
science
which
relates
to the
pressure
and
equilibrium
of
nonelastic
fluids,
as
water,
mercury,
etc.; the
principles
of
statics
applied
to water and other
liquids..
Hydrargyrism
::
Hydrargyrism
(n.) A
diseased
condition
produced
by
poisoning
with
hydrargyrum,
or
mercury;
mercurialism..
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..
Mercurialist
::
Mercurialist
(n.) One under the
influence
of
Mercury;
one
resembling
Mercury
in
character.
Mercury
::
Mercury
(n.)
Sprightly
or
mercurial
quality;
spirit;
mutability;
fickleness.
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..
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