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Periodic table - Hydrargyrum (Hg)

Do you remember when taking your temperature involved a real thermometer loaded with mercury? I do...

I worked in hospital when we changed from mercury thermometers to digital equivalents, and al the patients seem to develop fever. Those first digital ones were not very reliable and systematically measured a degree too much.

 

 

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Canon 580 EXII, 1/128, from above and triggered by Cactus 4.0 radiootrigger

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Uploaded on March 25, 2012
Taken on March 25, 2012