Maybe the people that used it died?
In a message dated 1/10/04 10:23:03 PM, pmurf@bellsouth.net writes:
> There was such an apparatus built in the early 1850's: "Anthony's
> Condensing Mercury Bath". There's no record of it being
> used extensively. Zinc powder or flakes will amalgam with mercury readily,
> thus it's use in mercury spill kits.
> -Phillip
>
Received on Sun Jan 11 04:57:53 2004
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