6 sentences with 'mercury'
Example sentences and phrases with the word mercury and other words derived from it.
• « Similar harmful effects are caused by the pesticides that some vegetables, even if properly washed, may contain, and by mercury, a discovery that is causing many dentists to change their filling techniques. »
• « When the new scientists of the 17th century reproduced the same experience, but with a test tube containing mercury to prove the existence of atmospheric pressure, they had to have terrible disputes with the wise men of the time. »
• « The old researchers, clinging to their horror of the vacuum, maintained that the mercury did not descend from the test tube because thin invisible threads - the funiculars - kept it adhered to the inverted base of the tube. »
• « One of the best known amalgams is that of tin + mercury, which is used to "azogar" glass or crystals and transform them into mirrors. »