The Dangerousness of Mercury Vapor
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https://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/AStock.htm[^] I found this personal narrative, dated 1926, unexpectedly compelling. "Quem Mercurius perdere vult, dementat prius!" [Whom Mercury wants to destroy, he first robs of his mind!]
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https://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/AStock.htm[^] I found this personal narrative, dated 1926, unexpectedly compelling. "Quem Mercurius perdere vult, dementat prius!" [Whom Mercury wants to destroy, he first robs of his mind!]
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I still find it bizarre that they use mercury in thermometers made of millimetre thick glass. If you drop it by accident...
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...it's a bugger to pick up. I did that in physics at school - nowadays I suspect the school would be evacuated on environmental hazard grounds.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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...it's a bugger to pick up. I did that in physics at school - nowadays I suspect the school would be evacuated on environmental hazard grounds.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
Not for those tiny amounts. I have about 50ml of it. It is rather heavy, but fun. Drop a pound coin into it and it floats, weird when you see it.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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Not for those tiny amounts. I have about 50ml of it. It is rather heavy, but fun. Drop a pound coin into it and it floats, weird when you see it.
--------------------------------- I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave CCC Link[^]
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https://www.stanford.edu/~bcalhoun/AStock.htm[^] I found this personal narrative, dated 1926, unexpectedly compelling. "Quem Mercurius perdere vult, dementat prius!" [Whom Mercury wants to destroy, he first robs of his mind!]
It's nasty stuff all right - mercury poisoning is still called "Mad Hatter's disease"
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I have a mercury tilt switch, but I've wrapped it up in bubble wrap and kept it safely in a box ;P
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I have a picture of the planet Mercury. I realize that is it unlikely to drop and get broken, but do you think I should gift wrap my HDD with tension sheet to be on the safe side?
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I have a picture of the planet Mercury. I realize that is it unlikely to drop and get broken, but do you think I should gift wrap my HDD with tension sheet to be on the safe side?
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I have a mercury tilt switch, but I've wrapped it up in bubble wrap and kept it safely in a box ;P
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Mercury tilt-switches were commonly used in home thermostat controls.
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It's nasty stuff all right - mercury poisoning is still called "Mad Hatter's disease"
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
OriginalGriff wrote:
It's nasty stuff all right
Well, sort of. I mean, he was being almost constantly poisoned by it for 25 years and, all things considered, it could've been worse. What's really nasty are the organic compounds of mercury: for example, a few drops of dimethylmercury on a latex-gloved hand for a few seconds is fatal. The Trembling Edge of Science[^] (this is absolutely enthralling - I cannot recommend it enough)
