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Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun. Appropriately named for the wing-footed Roman messenger of the gods, Mercury whizzes around the Sun at a speed of 30 miles per second, completing one…mercury poisoning
(Encyclopedia) mercury poisoning, tissue damage resulting from exposure to more than trace amounts of the element mercury or its compounds. Elemental mercury (the silver liquid familiar from…Mercury Rising
Director:Harold BeckerWriters:Lawrence Konner and Mark RosenthalDirector of Photography:Michael SeresinEditor:Peter HonessMusic:John BarryProduction Designer:Patrizia von…Brewer's: Mercurial
Light-hearted and gay, like those born under the planet Mercury. (Astrological notion.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Mercurial FingerMercia A B C D E…Brewer's: Mercury
Images of Mercury, or rather, shapeless posts with a marble head of Mercury on them, used to be erected by the Greeks and Romans where two or more roads met, to point out the way. (Juvenal…The Planets: Mercury
Top of Page Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest planet to the Sun, has long been a source of fascination for astronomers and space enthusiasts alike. Despite its small…mercury, chemical element
(Encyclopedia) mercury or quicksilver [from the Roman god Mercury], metallic chemical element; symbol Hg [Lat. hydrargyrum=liquid silver]; at. no. 80; at. wt. 200.59; m.p. −38.842℃; b.p. 356.58℃; sp…mercuric chloride
(Encyclopedia) mercuric chloride or mercury (II) chloride, chemical compound, HgCl2, a white powder of colorless rhombohedral crystals, somewhat soluble in water. It is also called bichloride of…amalgamation process
(Encyclopedia) amalgamation processamalgamation processəmălˌgəmāˈshən [key], in particular, a method to extract gold and silver from ores. The ore is crushed and treated with mercury, in which the…Trending
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