mercury

     

Mercury commonly refers to:

Trivia about mercury

  • Launched in 2004, a spacecraft named MESSENGER is on a mission to study this planet
  • Messenger-god planet(7)
  • This liquid metal is used to make a red paint pigment called vermillion
  • Because it's closest to the sun, this planet is best seen near the horizon just before sunset or sunrise
  • This innermost planet goes through apparent changes, or phases, just like our moon
  • From the surface of this innermost planet, the sun appears 2.5 times as large as it does from Earth
  • It orbits the sun at an average distance of .3871 astronomical units, the lowest average of all the planets
  • Not much was known about this innermost planet until 1974 when Mariner 10 took some pictures
  • This lifeless planet has virtually no atmosphere or water & is only 29 to 43 million miles from the sun
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside the New York Stock Exchange.) The pediment above the New York City Stock Exchange entrance is titled "Integrity Protecting the Works of Man"; presiding over images of industry, science & agriculture, the figure of Integrity wears the winged hat representing & associated with this Roman god of commerce
  • At its closest this planet is just 28.6 million miles from the sun; at its most distant, 43.4 million
  • At 88 days, it has the shortest orbital period of the planets
  • At 3,031 miles in diameter, this planet is the second smallest in our solar system
  • If you heat cinnabar, you'll get sulfur & this liquid metal
  • It was Gabriel Fahrenheit who substituted this for alcohol in the thermometer
  • Also a chemical element
  • This liquid metal is added to paints to make them mildew proof
  • Cinnabar, a bright red ore, provides most of the world's supply of this liquid metal
  • Amalgams, which may be liquid or solid, are alloys of this metal
  • The large Zenith telescope being built near Vancouver will use a pan of this liquid metal as a reflector
  • Sable & Villager
  • This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees
  • Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of this poisonous metal
  • This liquid metal is also called quicksilver
  • Samuel Schwabe got deeply into sunspots after trying to find a planet crossing the sun closer than this one
  • So Pluto has a radius less than half that of this now-smallest planet--so what? Size doesn't matter!
  • If all the elements were onstage with us, only bromine & this other element would be liquid
  • Hake & shad are on the National Resources Defense Council list of fish low in this element (that's what you want)
  • This planet closest to the sun features a crater, the Caloris basin, which is about the size of Texas
  • New thermometers containing this may not be sold in Minnesota
  • Guillaume Amontons' 17th century thermometer was 1st filled with this & corrected for air pressure
  • In 1991 radar images hinted that there was ice at the north pole of this inner planet
  • Amalgams are alloys of this liquid metal combined with other metals
  • It's the only element on the chart with exactly the same name as a planet in our solar system
  • The late, great Queen vocalist Freddie ____
  • Milan, Mariner & Mountaineer are all makes of this auto brand
  • A fluorescent lamp contains argon & a small amount of this liquid metal's vapor
  • When Mom shakes the thermometer, it's to get this liquid metal to go down
  • Quicksilvermessenger (7)
  • This element's symbol, Hg, comes from the Latin word hydrargyrum, meaning "liquid silver"
  • Founded in 1938, it was a Ford Motor Company brand name of semi-luxury models
  • The midday forecast for this planet is 750 degrees Fahrenheit & sunny
  • This element known to the ancients is liquid at room temperature
  • Hg, its chemical symbol, is derived from the Latin hydrargyrum, "liquid silver"
  • In 2011 MESSENGER is scheduled to orbit this planet named for a messenger god
  • Gordon Cooper was the last astronaut launched in this first U.S. manned space program
  • We're not sure, but this wing-footed Roman god of commerce might be liquid at room temperature
  • A millimeter of this element is a common unit for measuring pressure, including blood pressure
  • It's a planet, an element, a brand of car & a Roman god
  • Its mean distance from the Sun is only about 36 million miles
  • Phoenix' team in the WNBA
  • 1959: NASA publicly introduces Messrs. Glenn, Shepard & the rest of this program's 7 astronauts
  • This liquid metal is 13.6 times heavier than an equal volume of water
  • This planet has the fastest orbit around the Sun
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the headquarters of Goodyear) Goodyear's "winged foot" symbol was inspired by a statue of this god
  • This silvery element often appears as droplets on deposits of cinnabar
  • This heavenly body shares its name with a liquid, & in 2007 scientists discovered that it has a liquid core
  • To make his barometer, Evangelista Torricelli inverted a glass tube in a dish of this
  • Like shark, swordfish contain high levels of this toxic element, so limit yourself
  • Roads & travel, for that nifty messenger service of his
  • In 1991 radar images hinted that there was ice at the north pole of this inner planet
  • The torr is equal to 1 mmHg, or the pressure exerted by 1 millimeter of this metal
  • Astrologers say that when this "Planet of Communication" goes retrograde, stuff on Earth falls apart
  • The British Dental Association says there is little danger from this element that's always present in amalgams
  • Its atomic number is 80 & one of its uses is in barometers
  • Seen here, this brand's emblem is out of this world
  • In a single day, temperatures on this planet closest to the sun range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees
  • With the demotion of Pluto, it's now the smallest, least massive planet
  • The ADA says this is perfectly safe as the basis for amalgam fillings-- it combines with other materials to make it stable
  • This tiny planet's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of helium & sodium thought to come from the solar wind
  • The MESSENGER craft is the first mission to explore this planet since mariner 10 in the 1970s
  • Estimated temperatures on this planet range from 950° F. on the sunlit side to -346° on the dark side
  • Its symbol Hg comes from the Latin hydrargyrum, "watery silver"
  • Forecasts on this planet called for highs of 800° F. & black skies due to lack of significant atmosphere
  • The FDA advises pregnant women not to eat shark & swordfish; they contain high levels of this element
  • A thermometer has to be shaken to be used again because this liquid metal stays at the last reading
  • Thimerosal, a preservative that's 50% this element, has been almost eliminated from vaccines for little ones
  • At -37.93 degrees Fahrenheit, this metal becomes a solid
  • This chemical element has the lowest melting point of any metal & that's why it's liquid at room temperature
  • He's swift of foot:MY CURER
  • In the mid-18th c. Mikhail Lomonosov became the first scientist to record the freezing of this liquid metal
  • This planet was named for a swift messenger because of its speedy orbit around the sun
  • ...read about the first 7 U.S. astronauts in this '60s NASA program named for the messenger of the Roman gods
  • Heinrich Geissler found he could create a vacuum by moving a column of this element up & down in a tube
  • It's never observable when the sky is fully dark
  • In 1911 Heike Onnes first observed superconductivity when he cooled this slippery element to -452 degrees Fahrenheit
  • This Roman messenger god is also the name of a liquid metal
  • In 1911 a physicist first observed superconductivity when he found no resistance in this slippery element at 4.2 kelvin
  • Hydrargyrum
  • The silver fillings used by dentists are about 50% this toxic metallic element
  • Temperatures on this planet can range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees in a single day
  • A year on this planet is only 88 days long
  • It travels about 30 miles per second, moving around the sun faster than any other planet
  • It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40

Tweets about mercury

  • QUEEN FOREVER: Queen Bring Back Freddie Mercury: BURBANK, Calif., Sept. 19, 2014 /PRNewswire…
  • RT @angil_55: Freddie Mercury 1958 - Kurt Hutton
  • RT @WOWFAKTA: Menurut sebuah studi minum teh hijau setelah makan ikan membantu menghalangi zat Mercury yang terkandung dalam ikan memasuki …
  • "@enriquegper: Mercury Steam tiene dos proyectos entre manos, Aleph y NAKED @Jose_Raluy
  • @Carlos_Adama Ya les he dicho que me enbalsamen y me dejen con una postura tipo Freddy Mercury.
  • 2014 Mercury Prize Nominees Announced -
  • @newsWallCoZa Salmond defiant aftr defeat #Scotland #SouthAfrica
  • Salmond defiant aftr defeat #Scotland #SouthAfrica
  • RT @AlenaVish: Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. (© Freddie Mercury)
  • Pharaoh's Serpent (Mercury (II) Thiocyanate Reacts with Oxygen) IS SUCH AN AMAZING REACTION
  • @Mercury_03r 09月19日に入ってからリプライ数2を受け取りました
  • @MERCURY__san 面白いよ!やる価値はあるよo(`・ω・´)o
  • RT @kofiakofo: freddie mercury ve aydilge aynı karede, kıymetli bir fotoğraf
  • #KONE Concord/Clayton police report: Embezzlement, forgery arrests - San Jose Mercury News #inlandempire
  • น้องฮุนแมร่งขี้อ้อยว่ะ แค่เจ้ด้าฟอลหน่อย ทำเป็นเก๊ก 5555555
  • RT @cyrillerossant: IPython Cookbook completed, at last! 15 months of effort. 500-pages book released next week. #py…
  • まぁ寝るんですけどね
  • Menudo viajecito llevo, ojala se me quite todo esto de la cabeza cuando llegue al barco
  • Menurut sebuah studi minum teh hijau setelah makan ikan membantu menghalangi zat Mercury yang terkandung dalam ikan memasuki aliran darah
  • それっぽい音が聞こえたようなそんなような
  • 【非ローランのフォロワー様】毎度毎度のRTによるTL汚し、申し訳ありません:;(∩´﹏`∩);: リムブロしないでもらって感謝してます!これからも末長く…|・ω・*)【定期】
  • @AprilCuevas_ snabe ko na po. San kame bibili mercury na?
  • 2位:iPhone6 ケース 手帳型 iphone5s iphoneケース 手帳型 Mercury ソナタダイアリー iphone5 手帳型 ケース iPhone5s iPhone6 アイフォン ケース カバー
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Banda Eva (22), Daniela Mercury (6) & Ivete Sangalo (5)
  • Larga vida a La Reina @QueenWillRock nos devuelve la voz de Freddie Mercury con nuevas canciones en un nuevo álbum!!
  • 魔道協会の結界に穴を開けた大馬鹿野郎がいるみたいね。すぐに十聖に連絡して修復の手筈を整えるわ。だから..... #BLAZBLUE
  • Motors & Offers >> #83 NEW Timing Chain Kit / Ford Mercury 4.0 Liter SOHC 1997-2006
  • Just released: Tabula 80 (Mercury)
  • @MERCURY__san もうゆっきーさんもマッサージツイートの上級者ですなww
  • Kepler-292 c is transiting now in Cygnus. It's 1.4x larger than Earth and orbits its star 8.2x closer than Mercury orbits the Sun.
  • RT @AstigPinoykowts: Nahiya sayo ang Mercury Drug gamot ay laging bago, ikaw jowa pabago bago..
  • @DynamicReader1 やはりマッサージをして疲れをほぐさないと何も始マラナイデスヨネっ ('▽')・・・
  • Menurut sebuah studi minum teh hijau setelah makan ikan membantu menghalangi zat Mercury yang terkandung dalam ikan memasuki aliran darah...
  • Количество прочитанных книг уже давно перевалило за тысячи, количество хороших книг за сотни. Буду публиковать...
  • Cisco 642-185 mercury machinery: XRZdEA
  • @Yuluga pos no lo encuentro en tu TW xD Anyways, no es de MErcury, es de Pyro, que no solo hace juegos de Fb xD
  • Great article in today's Leicester Mercury
  • Alan Jackson - Mercury Blues
  • RT @Popprince: Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson unreleased duet There Must Be More To Life Than This features on Queen Forever album out…
  • David Beckham like goal leaves Abbey boss amazed - Hertfordshire Mercury
  • RT @RockCircus77: Dueto póstumo de FREDDIE MERCURY y MICHAEL JACKSON en el nuevo lanzamiento de QUEEN, "Queen Forever".
  • @nao_mana モンスト、けっこう面白い?
  • RT @HistoryPixs: Freddy Mercury
  • RT @martin_crowson: The @LeicesterTigers have signed All Black legend Brad Thorn. More to come on the Leicester Mercury's website.
  • RT @MercuryNIE: Great page produced by @ElizColl_Hobart @tasgoveducation media students @themercurycomau
  • #inlove ♫ Chasing A Bee – Mercury Rev #NowPlaying
  • Seafood substitutions can expose consumers to unexpectedly high mercury via @sharethis
  • @SilvaRiuum Как дела?С':
  • @a_0819_y おめでとうございます\(^o^)/
  • RT @SilvaRiuum: Дииииинааа \\\\\О/////