"When at the height of 26,000 feet I could not see the fine column of the mercury in the tube; then the fine divisions on the scale of the instrument became invisible.

There is an instance in the Mercury of France, for July 1730, of some curious sports of nature on insects.

Wind S.W., bright sun, mercury at 30.5 inches.

The transit of Mercury on 1868, Nov. 4th, was observed by six observers.

On the return of the Mercury from Boston her Master was returned for some time as "sick on shore," and on 11th June 1760 was superseded by one John Emerton.

Dorothea cantered on to the top of the hill, and then walked Mercury to and fro, while she watched the taller rise beyond.

is that there was a second James Cook in the service, who was appointed Master of the Mercury under a warrant dated 15th May 1759 and entered on his duties immediately.

Crittick find a fault, Or Mercury with your eternall flame; And then consider what a thing I am To this high Character of you, so low, So lost to noble merits, I despaire To love a Mistresse cannot love agen.

When the king heard the name of Mercury as the god of their governance, be inquired what manner of men these were, and of the god in whom they believed.

Then Topolino took a piece of marble, and cut off the legs of his Mercury below the knees.

The timeless traveler; twenty letters to the Liverpool mercury by Anthony Trollope, 1875.

Besides, he could confound the Spheres And set the Planets by the ears, To shew his skill, he, Mars would join To Venus, in aspect malign, Then call in Mercury for aid, And cure the wounds that Venus made.

It is somewhat analogous to the effect of pouring mercury over zinc.

"Ergo, I can scratch the mercury off a looking-glass, put in its place a piece of bibinka, and we shall still have a mirror, eh?

If you put mercury into a solution of nitrate of silver, and leave them for a few days to combine, the result will be a precipitation of silver in a lovely arborescent form, the arbor Dianae, beautiful beyond description.