“Sheesh. As a boy, every time a fever thermometer broke I collected the mercury to play with (20 or more times a CFL’s mercury)”
There was some common use for mercury, but I don’t remember what. But as a kid, I also remember playing with the stuff and how it’d slide and roll around in your hands, and dropping it from one hand to the other. We also called it quicksilver, and I distinctly remember playing with globs of it as big around as a quarter.
separatin gold from ore,was one use
There was some common use for mercury, but I don’t remember what.Amalgamating gold from fine concetrates? :-) I've got 12.5 pounds of it...