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Dissolved in nitrous acid, called hydrargyrus nitratus ruber.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Dissolved in vitriolic acid, called turpeth mineral, or hydrargyrus vitriolatus.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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Dissolved in muriatic acid, mercurius corrosivus sublimatus, or hydrargyrus muriatus.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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The Japanese characters for mercury are sui for ` water 'followed by gin for ` silver,' a perfect calque on the Greek: hydrárgyros = hydor ` water '+ árgyros ` silver' (giving latin hydrargyrus, hence the chemical symbol Hg).
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