| 单词 | quicksilver |
| 例句 | Who would have guessed three months ago that quicksilver Anne would have to sit so quietly for hours on end, and what’s more, that she could? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Her forehead was beaded with metallic sweat, like quicksilver. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z In the Wampanoag confederation, one of these quicksilver communities was Patuxet, where Tisquantum was born at the end of the sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Below our hill, the lights of Oakland would gleam like a cloud of fireflies and the wrinkling waters of the bay would turn to quicksilver under the moon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I pressed my forehead against the mirror’s cold surface, poised my fingers over it, feeling as if any moment I’d sink through the pane as though it were a pool of quicksilver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z A few drops of root beer spilled, and Tantalus tried to dab them up with his fingers, but the drops rolled away like quicksilver before hie could touch them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The waves of recurring crime, the silly fads and crazes, the quicksilver changes in public taste, the hysteria and fears—all of these had long been mysteries to me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She would sight her quarry and draw the arrow as smoothly as if her body were made of quicksilver. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It wriggled and squirmed like quicksilver and, apart from that, the box was only just long enough to take it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z All one has to do is to drive the quicksilver up and then it stays without falling again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Tristran let the chain fall into his palm: it felt like quicksilver. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z His motion reminded me of quicksilver rolling from a jar onto a tabletop: effortless and supple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Hers changes from gossamer to quicksilver to a stormy blue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The quickening, Madeline had called it, as she laid her hands on Mia’s skin—such an old-fashioned euphemism, one that made her think of quicksilver, a lithe little fish whipping about within her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The steel ladder was made of paper, of silk, of quicksilver, of air. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Titan’s eyes seemed brighter than usual, as if he were about to cry quicksilver. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I had been on the other side of the river buying a dram of quicksilver and a pouch of sea salt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She fluttered on among the toys, never standing still for a moment, but walking with a light quicksilver step, as though she were still twinkling in the sky. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z All Narnia, many-colored with lawns and rocks and heather and different sorts of trees, lay spread out below them, the river winding through it like a ribbon of quicksilver. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Their different treads, as if even as spirits they retained their personalities, Patria’s sure and measured step, Minerva’s quicksilver impatience, Mate’s playful little skip. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z An explosion of light and smoke, and the quicksilver of the bullet splitting the distance between them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Realism is the default for writers and actors today, but the universe that Hnath constructs is pure theatrical quicksilver. The secret to Tony Awards nominee Laurie Metcalf's success? Brilliance and a whole lot of hard work 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Long solos came pouring forth from each member, but the quicksilver spread of Mr. Moye’s drumming vied for attention throughout. A Revolution in Jazz? An Avant-Garde Festival Makes History, but Not Community 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z The great appeal of her book is that history here is like quicksilver, assuming new shapes that are never quite the ones you imagined, while human nature remains sadly but reassuringly constant. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z The quicksilver shifts from vulnerable sincerity, a tremble of heartache in Morrison’s voice, to arch sass and polished panache are remarkably fast and furious. ‘Sugar Daddy’ Review: The Grief Comes Out in Laughs 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z And when he casually tosses off phrases about “nurseries where omni-anemones fed and grew to become quicksilver angels in a timeless AllNow,” you may wonder whether their effects completely wore off. Books of The Times: Superheroes, Surveyed and Sized Up 2011-07-18T17:52:27Z Svetlana Boym, a scholar and artist whose work illuminated the haunting, quicksilver counterpoint of myth, memory and identity, died on Aug. 5 in Boston. Svetlana Boym, 56, Scholar of Myth and Memory, Dies 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z As such, the text has no one empirical reading; it is, rather, a network of competing meanings — a quicksilver state of affairs that a critical analysis of that text must take into account. Geoffrey H. Hartman, Scholar Who Saw Literary Criticism as Art, Dies at 86 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z For most of Mr. Levy’s quicksilver career, his constant companion was his best-known composition, the opera “Mourning Becomes Electra.” Marvin David Levy, Opera Composer Who Became a Felon, Is Dead at 82 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z It was impressive in Schumann, Brahms, Grieg, Sibelius and the like, but to European ears less effective in the Viennese classics or the quicksilver exchanges of Janacek and Bartok. David Soyer obituary 2010-05-11T18:05:00Z “With fixed intensity and supple quicksilver emotional changes,” she wrote, “Deadwyler rises to the occasion as Mamie, delivering a quiet, centralizing performance that works contrapuntally with the story’s heaviness, its profundity and violence.” Danielle Deadwyler Is the Beating Heart of ‘Till’ 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Filigree trills hovered like hummingbirds and quicksilver scales, and delicate grace notes melted into an expressive chorale. Review | Zoltan Fejervari shows off his technique with a program of gems 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Schreck’s brisk declension, from outrage to sly satisfaction, underscores the quicksilver changes in feeling that are also a hallmark of the comedies. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z “Normal,” with its satisfying narrative and quicksilver eye, is in some ways a match for those novels. Review: ‘Normal’ Looks Into the Abyss and Finds the Future 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Both players do exactly what this quicksilver music needs, changing tone and mood in an instant without sacrificing energy and concentration on either side of the shift. Classical Recordings: ?Ives: Sonatas for Violin and Piano? ? Review 2011-12-04T04:03:06Z The poet’s letters cast light on a generous soul with an active social life and a quicksilver wit. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Style can and will do many things at once, be ironic, ambiguous, challenging, questioning, quicksilver. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z Jokes emerge organically, using wordplay, character quirks and quicksilver wit. Critic’s Notebook: Tightrope Comedy, on the Fly 2012-07-05T21:08:32Z Damon, whose DiCaprio-like quicksilver charisma has become something more stolid and workmanlike, was able to recapture that early magnetism. Matt Damon and Ben Affleck surprise fans with Good Will Hunting reading 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Bendix-Balgley returned after his affectionate performance of the Mozart for an encore of two keening, quicksilver klezmer tunes: a quiet benediction over a dark history. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Gives a Master Class at Carnegie 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The elegance and gravity of his formal prose, and the gravelly authority of Mr. Jackson’s voice, stand in contrast to his quicksilver on-camera presence as a lecturer and television guest. Review: ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ Will Make You Rethink Race 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z But throughout their quicksilver transformations, we accept them as who they say they are, because that’s the bargain that theater demands of us. Review: A Nose by Any Other Name in a Hudson Valley ‘Cyrano’ 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Here and there she is a touch too literal, but for the most part, she deftly tracks the quicksilver and sometimes knotty texture of the author’s prose. The Story of the Girl Who Volunteered To Be Imprisoned by the Nazis 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Nordstrand’s bleak, quicksilver beauty mirrors the mercurial fortunes of its inhabitants. Review | In ‘The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls,’ a tidal wave strikes, and a small town must pick up the pieces 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z While such ingenious literalism possesses its own quirky appeal, it also reveals the elusive quicksilver nature of cockney identity. There's more to cockney culture than being born in earshot of Bow bells 2012-06-26T11:50:01Z Even those works that venture onto other planets maintain quicksilver ties to this one. John Crowley's new epic 'Ka' is a late masterpiece in a stellar fantasy career 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z But it retains its chokehold on pop culture not because of its influence, but its quality; this is a crackerjack thriller, cleverly constructed and directed with quicksilver intensity by the great John McTiernan. The Best Movies and Shows on Hulu Right Now 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Especially a listener like Polonius, who is a little slow on the uptake and could easily be toyed with by an impatient prince of quicksilver intellect. Critic?s Notebook: On the Stage, Old Words Are Reborn 2010-12-31T22:25:35Z At the start of the next evening, the strings’ quicksilver quality in Berlioz’s “Le Corsaire” Overture indicated a very different concert was in store. Review: The Met Opera Orchestra Raises a Glorious Noise 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It too became a mini-drama, this time of quicksilver changeability, full of furious instrumental incident. Mirga's majestic moments at the Bowl before her big one in Birmingham 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z "The dialogue is so economical and quicksilver. Rhythmically it's incredibly potent and there's a music to it. It can change direction in a flash. It's thrilling to speak as an actor." My Night With Reg returns 20 years on 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z In a sensational return to the New York stage, Ms. Plummer is all quicksilver shifts of theatrical style and emotional substance in this late, demented work from one of America’s few genuinely great dramatists. Theater Review: Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif in Tennessee Williams Rarity 2013-06-21T20:53:00Z That slipperiness, I think, is where the poetry is— a slipperiness that is her unique quicksilver intelligence and aliveness, something that she brings to her poetry, her prose, her art criticism, and her conversation. Eileen Myles talks about having a retrospective moment 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Tilson Thomas, Mr. Darrah and their team, including the video designer Finn Ross, don’t impose a narrative on the work, but neither do they produce evocative images or capture Beethoven’s quicksilver emotional shifts. Review: San Francisco Symphony Stages ‘Missa Solemnis’ With a Visual Component 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z The performance that set its star on the road to theatrical immortality, this was an expressly physical Hamlet of quicksilver mood changes and Freudian motivation. A Battle of the Hamlets 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Now Mark Rylance, most quicksilver of stage presences, has set out radically to reconsider one of the most familiar of roles. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z In this opening section, the stage flashes with translucent skirts as dancers etch the stage with quicksilver turns. Pacific Northwest Ballet Presents ‘Debonair’ 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z This confusion is reflected and amplified in “A Pink Chair,” suggesting animate beings metamorphosing into statues, with the quicksilver humanity of theater freezing into a gallery of relics. Review: Conjuring the Ghosts of Theater Past in ‘A Pink Chair’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z An admirer of Watson's quicksilver lyricism since his days with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers might ponder whether such capricious talent in an educator could make just seem too mysterious and daunting a challenge for students. Bobby Watson/GMF festival – review 2013-04-01T15:57:27Z The quicksilver interconnectedness of everything tuneful means that, for a cadre of aficionados at least, this extraordinary record is last year's news. Matthew E White: Big Inner – review 2013-01-20T00:04:03Z The lighting, by Donald Holder, enhances the quicksilver changes of mood. Review: A ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Revival With an Echo of Modernity 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z These sets offer a rare opportunity to hear Mr. Iyer, a pianist of rippling momentum and a latter-day musical thought leader, alongside the quicksilver saxophone of Mr. Coltrane. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z If I were feeling braver, I might argue that David Tennant, a nervy, quicksilver actor as DI Alec Hardy, a stolid character further weighed down by illness and past failures, was slightly miscast. Broadchurch - box set review 2013-06-06T14:00:02Z But whether the pieces are new or old, the focus of this Aberdeen-born choreographer will, as always, be on sudden connections, sudden disruptions, quicksilver logics and fleeting non sequiturs. Trisha Brown Dance Company brings familiar favorites, world premiere to Seattle 2011-03-26T01:04:18Z Surely no body of mortal flesh could undergo the quicksilver transformations achieved by this singular performer, in a melting memoir of a production that upends and scrambles all definitions of gender. Theater Listings for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Even if her dancing falls short of grandeur, she uses her delicate build to evoke a rare sense of vulnerability: a quicksilver shiver of pirouettes, a tremulous fluttering foot. English National Ballet ? review 2011-03-24T22:00:02Z Opener “Sometimes I Forget How Summer Looks On You” starts with a gurgle of synths and quicksilver drum rolls, Gay’s voice purring against the teeming backdrop, as nonchalant as a murmured bossa nova. Blues, jazz, electronica. It all flows through Ben LaMar Gay. 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z The series is also immensely helped by Andrew Rannells, a Broadway star from “The Book of Mormon” and a quicksilver actor who can be brittle and outré one second and touching the next. Television Review: ‘The New Normal’ and ‘Guys With Kids’ Begin on NBC 2012-09-10T21:56:20Z An amalgam of classical and contemporary vocabulary steeped with intense physicality and emotion, his whiplash choreography is characterized by its articulated lines, razor-sharp precision and quicksilver deployment of steps. The dark side of choreographer Angelin Preljocaj comes to L.A. 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z Whether any of the characters realize that dream and whether any adaptation can fully capture the quicksilver wonder of the original remain open questions. Can’t Repeat the Past? An Immersive ‘Great Gatsby’ Thinks You Can. 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The way Lockwood's Ally responds to her family, the quicksilver shifts from grief to scorn to unbridled fury, was a play within itself. Character development counts in bringing plays to life onstage 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Reconstructing a long-ago recording session is like trying to grasp a fistful of quicksilver. Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at 88 2011-02-02T05:22:39Z “This boy is like quicksilver,” a priest declares after meeting him. Mario Vargas Llosa’s delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z With their nearly hallucinatory, artificially enhanced luminosity and quicksilver shapes the paintings suggest a sudden irruption of transcendental energies into imaginative consciousness. Art Review: ‘Anti-Establishment’ and Liam Gillack’s Work at Bard 2012-07-05T19:44:25Z So it is testimony to his quicksilver skills – or to a collective forgetfulness – that he was greeted at Cannes like a starlet emerged fresh from the ether. Oscar Isaac: 'The irony is not lost on me. Being celebrated for playing someone who wasn't' 2013-05-23T18:30:01Z The way that the culture has been changed by George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham — the quicksilver Mercurys of 20th-century dance — cannot be overstated. Balanchine and Cunningham: The Titans of 20th-Century Dance 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Yet, for once, the field seems too vast and varied to keep even his quicksilver intellect from occasionally flagging. Tom Stoppard’s ‘Indian Ink’ Focuses on English Sisters 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Nézet-Séguin’s account of the Bruckner stood out for the lighter textures and transparency he drew from the orchestra, the judiciously balanced sonorities and the quicksilver shifts of mood. Are Bruckner Symphonies Now the Proving Ground for Conductors? 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Interweaving factual reporting and magic realism with meditations on myth, history and the quicksilver nature of truth, Mr. Martínez’s two most famous novels explore the lives of Argentina’s two best-known and most enigmatic figures. 2010-02-06T07:20:00Z Professorial but also constructive and collegial, he offered tips for improving a trill, the quicksilver oscillation of notes a half or a whole step apart. Music: Will Crutchfield, Preaching the Gospel of Bel Canto 2010-07-03T17:17:00Z Woven throughout were powerful, even fiery interludes, including those for the airy Breanne Granlund, quicksilver and daring as she zipped across the stage in a striking blue leotard. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Garrett Bradley’s quicksilver, imperious video installation “America,” at the Museum of Modern Art is an indictment wrapped in a celebration. Garrett Bradley Reminds Us That Black Joy Always Existed 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z Nor was the playing itself particularly distinguished, though those of us who fancy period-instrument performances of Baroque music tend to look for a quicksilver pliancy that is harder to achieve on modern instruments. Opera Review: ‘The Enchanted Island’ Returns to Met Opera 2014-02-28T21:08:04Z Mr. Fincher, who recruited him to play the mysterious Desi in “Gone Girl,” said Mr. Harris can make himself believable in any role because of his “quicksilver mind and facility.” Neil Patrick Harris Prepares for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2014-02-19T13:00:18Z Fortunately, Rose -- kind, smart and grounded -- is the story’s moral center, and Ashley Arlene Nelson winningly embodies her in everything from the quicksilver emotion on her face to the can-do squareness of her shoulders. This 'Dogfight' changes a Marine's life 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z In these quicksilver pivots, you can see the influence of “The Simpsons.” Critic?s Notebook: In ?China, IL? on Cartoon Network, Authority Figures Go Wild 2012-02-18T01:27:28Z Directed by Jack Cummings III, it has a running time of six hours, including two intermissions and a dinner break — and a captivating, quicksilver star who makes it a thrilling proposition. Your Week in Culture: Jay-Z, Eugene O’Neill and ‘Princess Bride’ in Theaters Nationwide 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z Questioned, early on, about his quicksilver style, Bowie said, “It’s like looking at an actor’s films, and taking clippings from the films, and saying, ‘Here he is.’ David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Neuroscientist Kristen Lindquist, who leads the University of North Carolina’s Carolina Affective Science Lab, has found that words help crystallize quicksilver emotional experiences into something more recognizable. Review | Can’t name that feeling? Try consulting ‘The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows’ 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z Even on a laptop screen, Raphael’s ever-evolving craftsmanship and quicksilver brilliance are apparent. In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of Raphael 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z Without a quicksilver soloist to contend with, Debus put his undeniable stamp on Brahms’s First Symphony. Pianist and conductor diverge, clash during their BSO debuts 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z The magazine credits "expert local sessionmen" with helping to create "an almost contradictory magnificence: a tightly wound tension around Dylan's quicksilver language and incisive singing." Joe South, singer-songwriter from 70s, dies at 72 2012-09-06T11:41:12Z Mr. Mehrten and Ms. Mitchell, artists long associated with Mabou Mines, move among the characters with quicksilver speed, aided by occasional wigs. Review: A Gothic Tennessee Williams Mash-Up in ‘Glass Guignol’ 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z The first moments captured its quicksilver entirety: a struck chord that briefly plodded before suddenly skipping ahead. The New Juilliard Ensemble in a Harrison Birtwistle Premiere 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Once the quartz is ground to a paste-like slurry, quicksilver, or mercury, is added. South Pass City takes visitors back in time 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The seed was Taylor Stanley, whose decisive, quicksilver dancing couldn’t, try as it might, carry this incoherent ballet; the storm was Sara Mearns, whose hair acted like something of a fifth limb. Review: The Costume Dramas of New York City Ballet 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Critics have compared Ms. Wilson’s rapid rapping, heavy with similes and punch lines, to Lil Wayne’s, and her ability to slip from a quicksilver flow to singing R&B hooks has drawn comparisons to Drake. Six Hopefuls Worth Watching at the CMJ Music Marathon 2012-10-15T21:47:30Z In an email message, the writer and poet Elizabeth Alexander said she appreciated the way Ms. Rankine “presents these quicksilver, corrosive moments in exquisite miniature.” Claudia Rankine on ‘Citizen’ and Racial Politics 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z “Black Wings Has My Angel” never flags in creating uneasiness, especially given Virginia’s quicksilver changeability. New life for a noir masterpiece: ‘Black Wings Has My Angel’ 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Happy to panic to calm to anger, there is this quicksilver quality. 2010-01-31T05:37:00Z He soothed Mr. Spielberg with a tribute, calling him “a humble master, with a quicksilver imagination.” ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Misérables’ Win Top Golden Globes 2013-01-14T05:28:16Z That volatility is key in a performance characterized by quicksilver shifts. Stepping Into the Shoes of a Psychopath 2011-07-22T13:00:00Z Even then, translating the long passages of interior reflection, sometimes dense philosophical rumination, and quicksilver leaps of memory and association were challenging. Benedict Cumberbatch Just Crossed the Last Role Off His Bucket List 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z After a day’s hassles and ongoing catastrophes, I like to settle into my couch and watch a seemingly invincible quicksilver angel of death hold the fate of humanity in the balance. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’ 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Gyllenhaal is remarkable playing a principled but conflicted woman whose quicksilver personality alters from hour to hour and flashback to flash-forward. ‘The Honorable Woman,’ Starring Maggie Gyllenhaal 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z The grandeur and power of this concerto were fully realized, yet Bronfman also drew back for lyrical, sensitive playing: delicate, quicksilver arpeggios, as well as keyboard thunder and lightning. Review: Pianist Yefim Bronfman and Seattle Symphony earn thunderous applause 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “I started thinking: Whose the most quicksilver, watchable, disruptive kind of energy we could hang this on?” he said. 5 take-aways from Fincher's Q&A at 'Gone Girl' screening 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z That is but one example of Smith’s quicksilver technique in service to his panoramic imaginings. Review | An irresistible tale of early cinema makes for perfect summer reading 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Kushner’s idea makes the “Cool” number about gun violence, Peck says, as Tony tries to persuade Jets leader Riff — the astonishingly quicksilver Mike Faist — not to bring bullets to the knife fight. With ‘West Side Story,’ choreographer Justin Peck brought dance into the Spielberg universe 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z So there was every reason to rejoice in the prospect of this company finally venturing into the land of William Shakespeare, where words have the quicksilver shimmer of thought itself. Review: Shakespeare Meets Elevator Repair Service. Mayhem Ensues. 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z Mifune might not have been working with his favorite director, but watching these, it’s clear that he still brought his expressive physicality, his quicksilver emotion and his unparalleled charisma to the set every day. Mifune’s Transcendent Films, With and Without Kurosawa 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, the plans and hopes he had capture his quicksilver, optimistic personality, regardless of what transpired. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z The novel moves at a quicksilver pace, shimmering with menace and electric visions of forests and lake-filled valleys. International Novels Unearth Family Secrets and Nature’s Mysteries 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Daniel Evans's quicksilver production, beautifully lit by Tim Mitchell, sits perfectly on the open Crucible stage, and the acting matches the texture of the writing. Racing Demon ? review 2011-02-17T17:06:52Z You can feel a quicksilver energy about him, a restlessness. Anthony Hopkins: ‘Most of this is nonsense, most of this is a lie’ 2018-05-26T04:00:00Z With fixed intensity and supple quicksilver emotional changes, Deadwyler rises to the occasion as Mamie, delivering a quiet, centralizing performance that works contrapuntally with the story’s heaviness, its profundity and violence. ‘Till’ Review: He Was Someone’s Son, Too 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The quicksilver lyricism of Mr. Andres’s playing cleared a path from the narrative instrumental genius of a selection from Schumann’s “Waldszenen” to the uncompromising but freely communicative music of Thomas Adès’s Three Mazurkas. Review: Timo Andres and Gabriel Kahane Redefine Mixtape in Moving Concert 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z But if he isn’t the quicksilver force he once was on the horn, he’s no less an entertainer and aphorist, and he has strong support in his quartet. Jazz Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Manville is a sharp, quicksilver presence, her face hovering between impatience and astonishment. ‘Ordinary Love’ Review: In Sickness and in Health 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Mr. Hancock started into a piano solo with his usual quicksilver poise, but just as he seemed ready to settle in, he swerved instead into a series of syncopated hits designed to showcase the drums. Review: Herbie Hancock, Basking in a Boundless Legacy of Fusion 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Then there is Mr. Parker’s Henry, who is no steely tyrant but an emotional figure of quicksilver moods, thick- and thin-skinned at the same time. Theater Review: Royal Shakespeare Company Adapts 2 Hilary Mantel Novels 2014-01-22T22:33:43Z “Like a feral cat, she can seem quicksilver and weightless or, when enraged, menacing and bristly and twice her size,” Jesse Green wrote of Negga’s performance in a review in The Times. Ruth Negga Thinks Lady Macbeth Is Misunderstood 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Williams brings exquisite delicacy to the character, and her open, translucent face with its quicksilver changes speaks more vividly to the story’s emotional stakes than any line of dialogue. ‘The Fabelmans’ Review: Spielberg’s Own Sentimental Education 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The intriguing question of Kenny’s character — not his guilt or innocence, but the quicksilver temperament that makes both seem plausible — fades as the story of Betty Anne’s hard work and sacrifice gains momentum. | 'Conviction': Her Brother?s Keeper, No Matter the Cost 2010-10-14T23:03:00Z The quicksilver elusiveness of language dances through Lauterbach’s 10th collection, which darts from pithy observation to clinical definition to a chatty ongoing conversation between the poet and evening. New & Noteworthy 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z Men appear at the start, but they soon abandon the stage to a contingent of women led by the quicksilver veteran Lauren Grant, who is both fleeting and standoffish. Misty Copeland Leads the Charge at Fall for Dance 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z What I found most admirable about his intoxicating performance of the Lalo was its combination of warm, perfectly centered tone and rhythmic zest with quicksilver lightness of touch. Review: Seattle Symphony program roams from fun to profundity 2011-02-04T19:14:04Z Movies, particularly big Hollywood ones, aren’t nimble enough to keep up with the quicksilver shifts in the national mood. Why Money Monster Will Make You Mad As Hell 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z And within that ease she communicates the firm command and quicksilver emotions of a great star. It’s hard to look like a swan when you’re doing a wolf turn 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z Possessing a strikingly pellucid tone, Fort was at her most arresting on her longest pieces, the power ballad "Minnesota," the quicksilver soundscape "Some" and particularly the picaresque "Something 'Bout Camels." Portland Jazz fest wraps Friday-Sunday with Regina Carter and others 2011-02-24T21:50:14Z I devoured this quicksilver book in one gulp. 2 TV Shows, 4 Books and 7 Viral Videos for Your Long Weekend 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z With his lucid, quicksilver expressivity and a hulking, powerfully threatening physicality, Gandolfini made flesh Tony’s internal struggle, filling a potential cartoon with soul and, by extension, giving greater depth to the show. ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Review: The Best Really Is Over 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Like mercury to a magnet, I was drawn to him – in spite of my quicksilver doubts and toxic fear. I’d never been so moved by someone’s touch or so at home in their company. The Valentine’s Day we got it all wrong — and right 2014-02-14T00:00:00Z All wars change and evolve, and so all have quicksilver elements. Fighting Wars Past, Present and Future 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z After racing through “All Aboard,” a quicksilver original with a locomotive theme, they eased into an old blues standard, “Trouble in Mind,” with three fiddles blending in sweet, buttery harmony. The Time Jumpers, Country Swing Standard Bearers, Thrive in Nashville 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Sher wasn’t merely trying to make us laugh — he wanted us to understand the quicksilver intelligence behind the jokes. Summer Shakespeare: A critic's take on the secret to theatrical success 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z He is infinitely expressive, with almost every conceivable human emotion passing over his face in quicksilver rapidity. Book review: ‘Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life,’ by Peter Ackroyd 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The timbre in his voice seems to grow richer, his quicksilver movement more alarming. What to say about ? Hamlet with Rory Kinnear 2010-10-11T11:05:00Z Dancers need to have a steel-like core allowing for effortless jumps and the ability to transition into quicksilver turns and jaw-dropping balances. For Garth Fagan, a life choreographed by his love of movement 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z Movies, particularly big-budget mainstream ones, aren’t nimble enough to keep up with quicksilver shifts in the national mood: The pictures we’re seeing today may have been germinating for months, if not years. Review: Why 'Money Monster' Will Make You Mad as Hell 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z In doing so, his quicksilver playing has sometimes helped elevate the reputation of a neglected composer. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Above all, he was fast, possessed of that urgent, quicksilver sort of speed that carries with it an air of permanent menace. At Barcelona, Timing Is Everything 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z That day in Brighton, their hits were low, their energy was high and South Africa, try as they might, couldn't pin down Japan's quicksilver handling game. Upbeat England search for statement win over Japan 2023-09-17T04:00:00Z Crawford wins the fight and the argument with his quicksilver skillset and durable smarts. Experts predict the winner of Terence Crawford versus Errol Spence Jr. 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z At turns despondent, playful and ebullient, Mitzi’s moods swing with a quicksilver melancholy, caught between undying devotion to her children and a stifling of her dreams. How Michelle Williams found the music of Mitzi Fabelman 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z It went along just fine for some years — peaking at about 100 entries and 60,000 spectators — but it was hard to reproduce the quicksilver nature of the earliest parades. That time L.A. got jealous of Pasadena and started its own flowery parade 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Never mind the adjective, I was mercury: quicksilver, Hg, hydrargyrum, ore of cinnabar, resistant to herding, incapable of assuming a fixed form. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z At the Met as Idamante — another trouser role — she found clear paths between soft, somber tones and quicksilver intensity, her “Il padre adorato” commanding yet sweet, crystal clear and diamond sharp. Review | 3 operas in 3 days? With Met’s powerful fall trio, it was energizing. 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z The ephemeral result is an image of shimmering, quicksilver figures in optically dense and visually absorbent spaces. Silke Otto-Knapp dies at 52: L.A. artist turned everyday movement into ephemeral painting 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z He did still smuggle a tribute to Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2” from that famous short, “The Cat Concerto,” into the quicksilver pianism of the album’s “Mary Poppins Fantasy.” Lang Lang believes Disney songs are good for kids — and the classical music world 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z “Ana De Armas seems to have captured the quicksilver commingling of emotions that characterized Marilyn Monroe — an air of childlike expectation and yearning,” said Oates via email, offering high praise for her turn. Ana de Armas never expected to play Marilyn Monroe. The opportunity changed her life 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Ahead, under wheeling flights of gulls, cloud shadows had appeared on the Bosporus, inky blots that gave an illusion of stillness, even as they raced over the quicksilver face of the strait. Returning to Istanbul, a Place of Competing Identities 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z All convey a sense of his austere, quicksilver presence. Review | America may finally be ready for Alberto Giacometti’s uncompromising art 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z A few hundred feet over the edge, the Qudyalcay river was a line of quicksilver smashing against its frozen self. The mountain villages of Northern Azerbaijan, on the cusp of change 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Rod Gilbert, a quicksilver Hall of Fame forward for the New York Rangers who more than 40 years after his career ended remains the team’s leading scorer, died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. Rod Gilbert, Hockey Hall of Famer Known as Mr. Ranger, Dies at 80 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Either way, his quicksilver mind and self-lacerating sense of humor made him a magnet for mentors and big brothers. Tap Dancing With Trump: Lindsey Graham’s Quest for Relevance 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z “But time was a river made of quicksilver,” Ike acknowledges. Review: Southern mystery star S.A. Cosby blows up the odd-couple revenge thriller 2021-07-06T04:00:00Z Around them, it’s easiest to witness the quicksilver changes in personae that O’Brien runs through — gawky freak, obnoxious boss, righteously exasperated bully — that allow him to find the best laughs in each moment. Review | Conan O’Brien’s late-night run appropriately ends with him as the beloved butt of the joke 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Everywhere Wong looked, he saw China constricting the freedoms that had made Hong Kong an unabashed city of towering glass, raucous politics and quicksilver commerce. China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z With each phrase fitted into the contours of Gray’s quicksilver saxophone solo, “Twisted” became a hipster’s anthem of nonconformity. Annie Ross, mainstay of ‘the greatest jazz vocal group that ever was,’ dies at 89 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z But they all marveled at their quicksilver spread. 7 Lessons (and Warnings) From Those Who Marched With Dr. King 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z There was a period when Aitchison and her label seemed constantly at loggerheads; she characterised them as too conservative for her quicksilver release pace. Charli XCX: ‘It’s weird yelling into a mic while my boyfriend does a puzzle’ 2020-05-16T04:00:00Z The term described not just metallic quicksilver, but other products, including philosophical mercury — a solvent made from quicksilver. Elixirs for times of plague and bullion shortage 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z A monomaniacal king with quicksilver changes of heart and unlimited power and a right-hand man who constantly weighs whether to tell the truth and or simply agree. Review: Curtains for Cromwell, as Hilary Mantel's glorious trilogy concludes 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He made a triple save to deny Mané, Divock Origi and Jones, a celebration of bravery, positioning and reflexes, and there would be another to thwart Mané after a quicksilver burst from the forward. Ross Barkley inspires Chelsea against Liverpool to reach FA Cup last eight 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Trinity wants to move through the world of the Matrix like quicksilver, so she wears shiny clothes. Down the rabbit hole: why is 'Matrix dressing' so on trend? 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z The study finds that shifting, quicksilver workouts can yield some benefits that more rote regimens do not, but the benefits may not be the ones that most of us would expect. How ‘Muscle Confusion’ Might Help Your Workouts 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z “His rangy figure and quicksilver wit were as familiar a part of our enterprise as the fonts of type in our composing room,” Mr. Meyer wrote. Karl E. Meyer, Washington Post journalist and versatile author, dies at 91 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z Though she sang Mozart with total commitment, her voice was simply too big and her personality too grand to fit into such quicksilver writing. 'A majestic figure in every sense' – stars remember Jessye Norman 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z I have been writing children’s fiction for more than 10 years now, and still I would hesitate to define it; it is a slippery, various, quicksilver thing. Story time: the five children’s books every adult should read 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Duncan recalled band members saying, “Well, let’s see — mercury’s the same as quicksilver, right? Mercury’s the messenger god? Quicksilver Messenger Service.” Gary Duncan, psychedelic guitarist in Quicksilver Messenger Service, dies at 72 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z There’s way too much darkness, and not enough quicksilver wit. Review | With ‘Dark Phoenix,’ the X-Men saga goes out with a whimper, not a bang 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z His quicksilver dialogue, much of it ad-libbed, was hilarious and tinged with genius. ‘Aladdin’ review: A rather loud remake without any of the magic of the original 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z They were visibly delighted for him after he turned the second leg into a showcase for his quicksilver talent. Lucas Moura: from São Paulo prodigy and PSG outcast to Tottenham hero | David Hytner 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z He was smaller, with a quicksilver tongue and sharp wit. Robert Downey Jr. and Marvel created a box office streak few thought was possible. Now they are doing something even more surprising. 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z It is partly its quicksilver ungraspability as a sign that makes it so magnetic, so available to every generation. The battle for the future of Stonehenge 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z “BlacKkKlansman” also captures Lee’s quicksilver abilities with tone, switching from humor to drama to playful satire to deep emotions with ease. For Spike Lee and his two longtime collaborators, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Oscar nods hold extra meaning 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Tommylee Lewis, an undersized but quicksilver wideout, ran a wheel route out of the backfield and broke free down the right sideline. Rams beat Saints to advance to Super Bowl, after a big comeback and a controversial call 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The elusive Alec is played by Iain Glen, and while his character remains the quicksilver running through the narrative, the experience of his widow is its real focus. Ruth Wilson: ‘It’s daunting, making a drama out of my family’s mysteries’ 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z It vividly makes space for two households while accommodating Valdez’s quicksilver sensibility. Review: Luis Valdez's 'Valley of the Heart' shares an immigrant story from California's past - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Ultimately, Wilson is the dance’s redeeming quality, uncannily finding the inner strength to push away would-be suitors, contort herself into magnificent geometries or dash like quicksilver into the openings of Lamonte Goode’s arms. Review: Jacob Jonas explored the tumult of human nature and the environment in a sublime performance - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z But the complicated heart of this quicksilver play tenderly comes through. Review: In 'Vietgone,' East West Players takes audiences on the wild ride of Qui Nguyen's rambunctious drama about refugees in love - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z More likely, when there is a semblance of opposition clipping near his quicksilver heels. Adam Peaty smashes world record to win European Championships gold 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z That match was more than the start of Germany’s death roll; it was a glimpse of the team Mexico wants to be: impish, quicksilver, scheming and direct. Mexico's mistake at the World Cup was to peak at the first obstacle 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z Having lasted for decades in the ever-changing fashion world, she possesses a quicksilver ability to adapt to change. Cynthia Rowley brings swimwear, 'casual, cool' fashion offerings to spring/summer outpost in Malibu 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z In those games, Russia’s labored build-up play and careless passing looked light-years away from the irresistible, quicksilver side that lit up the European championship a decade ago. Russian World Cup bear finally ready to roar 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I described Rose’s case, her history and our exchange in the emergency room, how she saw and spoke with her boyfriend whom she knew was dead, her quicksilver emotions that knew only extremes. Can We Measure Delusions? 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z The guns, as elusive as quicksilver in a country awash in weapons, now belonged to whoever bought the contents in a blind auction. California agents are on the hunt for targeted guns 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z The currencies are a new ghost in the machine, enticing strands of codes and squiggles that move like quicksilver and hold strange power over our imaginations. Bitcoin promises filmmakers and writers tales of get-rich fever and cyber intrigue 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “It’s been catastrophic for the last three years,” said Mr. Brochot, a quicksilver whirl of perpetual motion once he is in his chef’s whites. Chef Gives Up a Star, Reflecting Hardship of ‘the Other France’ 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z It was a first start in professional football for Quina, the one-time Chelsea youth player, and he showed flashes of his quicksilver talent. Danny Welbeck prods home to take Arsenal past West Ham into last four 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z These short-lived botanical street installations seem both an embrace and a rebuke of earlier, earthier “happenings” wrought in quicksilver mediums. Guerrilla Flower Installations That Don’t Last Long at All 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Talabani’s penchant for quicksilver diplomatic expediency was on display in his relationship with Iran. Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Talabani’s penchant for quicksilver diplomatic expediency was noticeably on display in his relationship with Iran. Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq’s First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z At other times of day, its opaque blackness, which seems to absorb all the light that surrounds it, acts as a kind of backdrop for the sky’s quicksilver mood changes. The Latest Design Trend: Black and Burned Wood 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Smith, who played her role onstage, at once acknowledges and defies the rigidity of old age, bringing out Marjorie’s nervous excitement, her girlish mischief and her loosening grip on reality in a marvelously quicksilver turn. Michael Almereyda's 'Marjorie Prime' is an elegant, haunting futuristic drama 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z He is a lively dining companion: a lusty eater and a quicksilver conversationalist. Anthony Bourdain’s Moveable Feast 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z Redemption arrived Sunday in the form of Le’Veon Bell’s relentlessly churning legs, Antonio Brown’s quicksilver feet and James Harrison’s ageless tenacity. Steelers drum Dolphins, set up rematch with Chiefs 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z The Alice books move like quicksilver — sleek globules of sense splitting and straying through the maze. History: Untangling Alice : Nature : Nature Research 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z There was something very magical and open, but also, like quicksilver – she could be very infuriating and undisciplined.” Eve Babitz: return of the LA woman 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z And it’s no longer just wide receiver Antonio Brown and his quicksilver moves and boundary pushing end zone dances doing the damage. Struggling Jets hoping to slow down high-flying Steelers 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z It opens with a rhapsody, a dappled evocation of summer as experienced by three quicksilver twelve-year-olds given the run of an ancient patch of forest near the small town of Knocknaree: Tana French’s Intimate Crime Fiction 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z De Bruyne’s second strike of the campaign came courtesy of his quicksilver brain. Manchester City and Kevin De Bruyne roll on with Bournemouth thumping 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z To capture these quicksilver mental operations, the team first taught 80 men and women how to interpret a set of math symbols and equations they had not seen before. What Your Brain Looks Like When It Solves a Math Problem 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Our shared humanity has been demarcated on smaller and smaller screens that often brim more with quicksilver judgment than open-mindedness. How an angry national mood is reflected in pop culture 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Politicians here have watched in horror as Westminster fragments, and the cracks run, quicksilver fast, towards Germany. Brexit: The view from the Reichstag - BBC News 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Gibney’s film cuts across subjects and genres with its own fluid, quicksilver intelligence. Alex Gibney's 'Zero Days' is a chilling account of cyberwarfare 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Wasps tried to open up the game with their trademark flowing rugby and Wade, who scored six tries against Worcester last week, made a couple of quicksilver runs but the Saracens defence held firm. Saracens Grind Down Wasps to Reach European Final 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z But there is also a quicksilver nature to Robbins' diagnosis that can seem superficial, or worse. SXSW 2016: Tony Robbins film casts the self-help guru in a new and close-up light 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Low clouds the color of quicksilver obscured the sky. General Butt Naked, the Repentant Warlord 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Karina is always an enchantress, but here she is required to be as treacherous as she is beguiling, and there's a quicksilver quality in both her and Belmondo's portrayals. Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film 'Pierrot le Fou' dazzles with potency 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z "It looks like rivers of molten quicksilver running down," says Culshaw. Beauty beyond - winning astronomy photography - BBC News 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “With her quicksilver mind, she saw interrelationships,” said Jones, the former Legal Defense Fund president, who first worked with Ms. Huntley in 1971. Lynn Walker Huntley, civil rights lawyer and advocate, dies at 69 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump’s candidacy is more attitude than substance, and his quicksilver positions change day to day, even minute to minute in the same interview. The No-Growth Campaign 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z But his quicksilver prose was poetry, its sentences like signal flares launched one after another into the ether. How Ralph Waldo Emerson Changed American Poetry 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Sky-high fee and pressure following his move from Liverpool to Manchester City, the winger will harness it with his quicksilver skills to show why he was worth all the fuss. Premier League 2015-16: Guardian football writers’ season predictions 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z As Schultz notes, Mailer was a bold, quicksilver “philosopher,” whereas the far less introspective Buckley always tended to see himself as a mere “salesman” for certainties he was duty-bound to make obvious to others. Mailer and Buckley’s Combative Camaraderie 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z The answer, he concluded after six decades of study, was one that befit his quicksilver quarry: No single definition could contain it. Brian Sutton-Smith, Scholar of What’s Fun, Dies at 90 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z One was that of Robin Williams, 63, whose madcap, quicksilver comedy, resurrected in endless video-clip tributes, may have drowned out in our memories the more sensitive lines he delivered as an often underappreciated actor. Looking Back: Those We Lost in 2014 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z "It’s a play, but a really quicksilver, cinematic one." This is how excited David Fincher was about the Steve Jobs movie 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z The quicksilver of the Chinese Internet may even exceed what the Web bestows elsewhere. Internet Entrepreneurs Top New Forbes Ranking Of China's Richest 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z These are acquired qualities, not a function of quicksilver ability. Colt McCoy will get to show what he’s learned in his first Redskins start Joyce and Woolf were writers who transformed the quicksilver of consciousness into paper and ink. Why Walking Helps Us Think 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The virtue of fear as a source of animating energy has long been recognized in the quicksilver tech industry. Cloud Revenue Jumps, Led by Microsoft and IBM 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Branagh sprints through the verse with intelligence and precision, conveying the quicksilver changes that define Shakespeare’s heroes. Branagh's Macbeth is a case of style over substance … but what style – review 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z The quicksilver point guard had to ease off the gas initially, as his dribble couldn’t keep pace with his mind or body. SNYDER: Lights come on for Wall, Gortat in Wizards’ Game 5 triumph 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z I would add one final suggestion: we should stop making quicksilver judgments about student capability based on superficial cues. America's Neglected Demographic: Pacific Islander Students Dramatically Lag In Key Indicators Of College And Career Readiness 2014-05-13T14:55:00Z Terry Adkins, a conceptual artist whose work married the quicksilver evanescence of music to the solid permanence of sculpture, died on Feb. 8 at his home in Brooklyn. Terry Adkins, Composer of Art, Sculptor of Music, Dies at 60 2014-02-23T03:12:09Z Like many of the girls, Jasmine developed a tough-girl demeanor, capable of switching like quicksilver from ‘let’s talk’ charming to knife-edge anger. A Court’s All-Hands Approach Aids Girls Most at Risk 2014-01-29T02:00:32Z Ashley Young cracked in a superb 25-yard shot after the break to make the game more comfortable against a quicksilver Cardiff side. Manchester United 2-0 Cardiff City 2014-01-28T22:21:05Z The quicksilver Hernandez hit a slow groundball to the right side. Nationals vs. Phillies: Jordan Zimmermann, Jhonatan Solano lift Washington with defense 2013-09-05T03:06:00Z As mercury, also known as quicksilver, is released to the air or washed into rivers and oceans, it spreads worldwide, and builds up in humans mostly through consumption of fish. U.N. clinches global deal on cutting mercury emissions 2013-01-19T19:28:53Z Suárez was a thorn in Stoke's side, his quicksilver movement, vision and low centre-of-gravity turns marking him out as a menace but he sorely lacked creative support. Stoke City 3-1 Liverpool 2012-12-26T21:58:17Z Mercury, or quicksilver, as it is commonly known, is a transition metal, one of five elements that are liquid at standard room temperatures. Cold Case Files: Tycho Brahe Not Poisoned After All 2012-11-19T13:45:03.780Z The 25-year-old has been called the most gifted pianist in the world, and it's thanks to her extraordinary, quicksilver hands. Meet the superhumans 2012-11-18T00:04:00Z "A quicksilver striker blessed with control, pace and a knack of intelligent movement." Michael Branch's fall from Everton to prison offers cautionary tale 2012-11-10T21:59:01Z But I’m worried that the other teams may be catching up to the quicksilver QB. Redskins report card: Mom would not be pleased with the team’s performance 2012-11-07T21:10:11Z The quicksilver Jamaicans will excel in the relays. And Now, the Olympics Really Start 2012-08-03T02:33:16Z Trace amounts of quicksilver are used to manufacture some light bulbs. Mercury's Poisonous, Profitable Role in the New Gold Rush 2012-05-24T22:12:48Z Modern financiers have invested trillions in powerful supercomputers, sophisticated software, and quicksilver global communications networks. How Did the Original J.P. Morgan Do It? 2012-05-15T09:59:01Z By the aid of this crepuscular light you may perceive afar off, like a grain of dust floating upon quicksilver, a little brown speck trembling in the network work of luminous ripples. One of Cleopatra's Nights and Other Fantastic Romances One of Cleopatra's Nights?Clarimonde?Arria Marcella?The Mummy's Foot?Omphale: a Rococo Story?King Candaules 2012-04-08T02:00:23.693Z "The reflector was constructed of galvanized iron or some similar material, with a concave surface covered with quicksilver about two feet in width," he said. Chicago's Awful Theater Horror 2012-03-28T02:00:25.877Z The sea was like quicksilver, there was a following wind, the powerful engines were moving like clockwork, and everything indicated a fast and prosperous voyage. Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator 2012-03-27T02:00:19.467Z An estimated 15 million small-scale miners in Latin America, Africa, and Asia use quicksilver to refine their gold. Mercury's Poisonous, Profitable Role in the New Gold Rush 2012-05-24T22:12:48Z To compound or mix, as quicksilver, with another metal; to unite, combine, or alloy with mercury. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The principal industry is mining for silver and quicksilver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Again the "Clear the way!" signal of the speeding special to the north sent the blood rushing through his veins like quicksilver. Ralph in the Switch Tower 2012-03-02T03:00:11.847Z He awakes in the era of the lightning coaches and quicksilver mails timed to perform twice that distance within the sixty minutes. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z That’s because the cheapest, easiest way for miners to refine gold is to mix it with a potentially lethal agent: mercury, aka quicksilver. Mercury's Poisonous, Profitable Role in the New Gold Rush 2012-05-24T22:12:48Z To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z When the whole sheet is amalgamated with the quicksilver, more of that substance is poured over it, until it flows quite freely. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The Reddington quicksilver mine, in California, was similarly opened in a cut for a wagon road. The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines 2012-02-18T03:00:17.387Z But in vain I strive to fix him," said he, "for he is incarnate quicksilver. The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages 2012-02-17T03:00:30.347Z He was quicksilver--surcharged with life--restless, sparkling, bewildering; and it amused her to try to control his erratic movements. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z A mine of quicksilver, stated to be the richest in the world, has been discovered about twelve miles from San José. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z The operation is conducted as follows: on a perfectly smooth table a sheet of stout tinfoil is laid, and on it is poured quicksilver, which is distributed evenly over the surface with a hare's foot. British Manufacturing Industries Pottery, Glass and Silicates, Furniture and Woodwork. 2012-02-26T03:00:18.883Z The piles are then moistened with water, and quicksilver is sprinkled on them through a woollen cloth. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Gold he describes as a perfect metal, produced from a pure, fixed, clear, and red quicksilver; and from a sulphur also pure, fixed, and red, not incandescent and unalloyed. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The dangerous industries in which lead, quicksilver, arsenic, etc. are manipulated or employed, should be and can be better paid than they actually are. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z He is the idol of their hearts, and like quicksilver in his brightness. Notable Women Authors of the Day Biographical Sketches 2012-01-19T03:00:21.017Z Put a cup of wine in my hand, for my heart is inflamed, and my life slips away as quicksilver. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z The mass, now dry, and somewhat harder than putty, is carried to the ovens, where the remainder of the quicksilver is driven off by heat, and the residue is plata pina, or pure silver. Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers 2012-02-07T03:00:09.010Z Others there are who affirm that they had seen it, and seen it in operation, transmuting lead, quicksilver, and other of the inferior metals into ruddy gold. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z There has been, he states, a practical application of this discovery for the recovery of gold, applied in cases where quicksilver has failed to be of service. Scientific American, Vol. XXXIX.?No. 24. [New Series.], December 14, 1878 A Weekly Journal Of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, And Manufactures 2012-01-05T03:00:31.783Z Slowly the new heaven above the city grows and the vanished ones with the eyes of Narcissus stare enchanted into its quicksilver depths. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z With chloride of quicksilver, it assumes a dim milky appearance, which is caused by the formation of a substance resembling drops of oil. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z Zinc, quicksilver, lead, manganese, and large deposits of coal have been found. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z The main elements, he says, are quicksilver and sulphur; and from these all metals and minerals are compounded. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z The girls especially seemed to have swallowed quicksilver. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z He was also director of a quicksilver mine, and in 1855 he became president of the Pacific & Atlantic railway. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z This doughy mass is presently washed clear of all impurities, and is then squeezed in skins or cloths, through the pores of which loose quicksilver is forced, and saved for future operations. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Ranks first in barley, grape culture, sheep, gold and quicksilver; third in hops; fifth in wheat and salt; seventh in silk goods; eighth in soap and silver. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Iron is unclean and imperfect, because engendered of a quicksilver which is impure, too much congealed, earthy, incandescent, white and red, and of a similar variety of sulphur. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z From the depths of the quicksilver mine he shot terrific darts at the Ministry, which had failed to give him a portfolio at the last change of Cabinet. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z A stream of water is introduced, the ore is crushed into fine sand, and is carried by the water over a series of inclined copper plates, which are coated with quicksilver. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The amalgam, therefore, being subjected to heat, the quicksilver escapes by sublimation, leaving the gold pure. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Lead, iron, zinc, antimony, tin, quicksilver and gold are found. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Occasionally the author's veins, to use his own apt expression, seem to "run quicksilver," and "every phrase comes forth steeped in the very brine of conceit, and sparkles like salt in fire." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. 2011-12-12T03:00:23.897Z They also bring to this city of Ormuz, quicksilver, vermillion, rose-water, brocade and silk stuffs, scarlet woollens, coarse camelots, and silk. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z The free gold in the sand at once amalgamates with the quicksilver on the plates, and the sand-laden stream continues on its course. The Romance of Industry and Invention 2011-12-19T03:00:43.870Z The quicksilver escapes by sublimation; but its owner does not wish it quite to escape out of his premises, because it is an expensive article. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z There were about seven couples of them, and in a moment they overran the yard like spilt quicksilver. Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. 2011-11-24T03:00:44.527Z He had been at such a hight that, although the July sun melted everything below, his ink was a lump of ice, and the quicksilver in the instruments had sunk almost out of sight. Lecture on Artificial Flight Given by request at the Academy of Natural Sciences 2011-11-24T03:00:42.240Z Many ships, great and small, come there from many parts; that is to say, from Jiddah, whence they bring them much copper and quicksilver, and vermillion, coral, cloths of wool and silk. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z The more the quicksilver, the more "perfect" the metal. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Let us not omit noting the significance of the fact, that a quicksilver mine exists in California. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Six months after, the quicksilver got up in my constitution again. Mated from the Morgue A tale of the Second Empire 2011-11-15T03:00:23.507Z What trifling influences affect the eternally rising and falling quicksilver of our hopes! Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) 2011-11-14T03:00:21.027Z And they bring there many cocoa-nuts, arecas, and also a few spices, copper and quicksilver: for the merchants of the country buy all these goods. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Thus gold is of the Sun or its influence, silver of the Moon, tin of Jupiter, copper of Venus, iron of Mars, lead of Saturn, and quicksilver of Mercury. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The barrels into which this rich sand is put, together with the quicksilver, are turned by water; and the process of amalgamation is generally completed in the course of forty-eight hours. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z And we hear in addition of basins filled with quicksilver for the amusement of the odalisques. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z "No, dear: you're just made of gristle and quicksilver," said Blessington, with a sudden lyrical spasm as she looked at the shining face of her most beloved. Across the Stream 2011-11-05T02:00:11.673Z Copper, quicksilver, vermilion, opium, and many Cambay goods fetch a good price, so also scarlet cloth, coral, saffron, velvets from Mekkah, and rose water. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Certain others hold that metal is not formed from quicksilver, because in many places metallic ore is found and no quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z If you dip a gold ring or a sovereign into quicksilver, it will be silvered by it, and the silvering will not come off. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Blobs of liquid mercury, also known as quicksilver. I Was a Teenage Element Hoarder 2011-10-11T15:15:05.957Z Marvellous devils were certain apes of quicksilver, always running, tumbling, leaping, coming, and going. Flemish Legends 2011-10-10T02:00:21.467Z And many ships of Malabar come here to load rice, and they bring goods from Cambay to this country, that is to say, copper, quicksilver, vermilion, pepper and other goods. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Likewise in the mingling or union of the quicksilver and the sulphur in the ore, the sulphur is counted the male and quicksilver the female, as in the bearing or conception of a child. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The rest of the quicksilver is burnt out. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z "She is like quicksilver, and, although she seems delicate, she is really very strong and lively." The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong 2011-10-06T02:00:36.083Z I could almost do impossibilities to-night, with the words running like quicksilver in my mind and that chart I have in my brain steady as a rock. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z There is also sold there much quicksilver, vermilion, coral, alum and ivory. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z Then they set the pot in a warm place, and after twenty-four hours pour out the liquids with the dirt, and separate the quicksilver from the gold in the manner which I have described. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Under a moderately strong heat, quicksilver evaporates, or—to speak more scientifically—sublimes; and gold does not. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z This grave and heavy Dutch lead is quite different from the mobile quicksilver, from which the god derived his very name. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z It was seen, resplendent as quicksilver, through the crenellations of the black rocks. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z When the sun shone through these doors, and the quicksilver lake was set quivering, the whole room was filled with flashes like lightning, and the courtiers would cover their dazzled eyes. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z By the latter method, a greater quantity of quicksilver is lost, and by the former method, a smaller quantity. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Then, even as the cold wave of hopelessness swept over him, he saw something which sent his blood running like quicksilver; it was the actor's empty motor standing at the side of the road. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z Dr. Tschudi describes the process employed for the amalgamation of the quicksilver with the silver ore. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind 2011-08-19T02:00:11.867Z In the basket was a refiner's outfit, quicksilver, saltpetre, and other things to test the quality of minerals, and the dust of ore which had been refined. Great Ralegh 2011-08-16T02:00:43.100Z In the midst of the hall was a basin of quicksilver; at either side were eight doors set in ivory and ebony, and adorned with precious stones. The Moors in Spain 2011-08-29T02:01:09.183Z Metal, therefore, is by nature either solid, as I have stated, or fluid, as in the unique case of quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z If I had hugged sorrow and warmed it to my heart, I might have suffered more, but I should not have crumbled up morally like a gold ring in quicksilver. The Locusts' Years 2011-08-16T02:00:41.777Z A constant effect like running quicksilver played about us as the moon sailed around the heavens. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z That maddening thought put quicksilver in my heels, and I hastened on till near my destination, when I again slackened my steps to a more respectable pace. Richard Galbraith, Mariner Life among the Kaffirs 2011-08-04T02:00:26.337Z Henty also relates that a spring that arose in Idria had been observed to deposit in the hollows of the stone small quantities of quicksilver. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z But a lead, bismuth, or tin mine, and likewise one of copper or even quicksilver, is also divided into eight shares, or into sixteen or thirty-two, and less commonly into sixty-four. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It is an instrument which indicates the state of the weather, by means of a tube of quicksilver; but how, I cannot exactly say. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Beyond, the central pack glittered in moving lines and color, like quicksilver shot with rainbow hues. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z A quantity of quicksilver is inserted in the wand and the ends sealed up. Magic In which are given clear and concise explanations of all the well-known illusions as well as many new ones. 2011-07-10T02:00:22.253Z On descending he noticed that the mine was worked, to speak technically, in five levels, and that in some places the quicksilver was in the familiar glistening globules in a soft and partially decomposed state. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z After quicksilver and rotg�ltigen ore, are cobalt and wismuth fumes; these are the most poisonous of the metals, and with them one can kill flies, mice, cattle, birds, and men. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It has a glass tube, containing quicksilver, which by rising and falling, indicates any change in the pressure of the atmosphere, and thus frequently warns us of changes in the weather. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z A spiral groove runs the whole length of the tube, and this, together with the basin, is supposed to be filled with quicksilver. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z He readily furnished crucibles, pure tin, quicksilver, and the other things required by the Italian. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z He then proceeded to the smelting-houses, where the quicksilver is extracted from the ore. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z There are really others, for quicksilver is a metal, although the Alchemists disagree with us on this subject, and bismuth is also. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The heat of this planet is supposed to be so great, that water cannot exist there but in a state of vapour, and that even quicksilver would be made to boil. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z "Chief Officer of the Snow Knights, give him a bit of frozen quicksilver, and a mug of chipped ice before you dip him," ordered the Snow King. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z In the last place, the bellows of the opposite arms have a communication by means of a canal, and one of them is filled with quicksilver. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Reaching the quicksilver mines, which are, as is probably known, very few and far between upon the face of the earth, he gives a thorough description of the place. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Apart from native quicksilver, Agricola adequately describes cinnabar only. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The glass acts chiefly as a transparent case, through which the rays find an easy passage, to, and from, the quicksilver. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z "Why shouldn't I look cheerful when I have been offered feasts of hot bar iron, frozen quicksilver, a dewdrop and a gnat's leg, and seven cartloads of mud?" laughed Knut. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z The Italian put a quantity of tin into one crucible, and a quantity of quicksilver into another. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z The two shining blades clashed lightly and quivered against each other in the moonlight like running drops of quicksilver. Erskine Dale?Pioneer 2011-06-13T02:00:32.327Z The quicksilver itself, when it has become cool, is found in the bottom of the crucible or other vessel. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Rarity is the contrary of density; it denotes the thinness and subtilty of bodies: thus you would say that mercury or quicksilver was a very dense fluid; ether, a very rare one. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z Why shouldn't I look poorly when I have had nothing to eat since yesterday noon except Catechism and bar iron and frozen quicksilver? Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z But now I looked upon the creature with interest, as he stood restlessly, with the sun shining upon his glossy coat, and shimmering like quicksilver down his arched neck. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z In the first place the quicksilver of humor which shines out from him side by side with the warmth of his heart, amalgamates the most easily with all characters. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z We also assay quicksilver ore in the very same way in which we smelt it. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z We found ourselves on the brink of the river of quicksilver, and crossed the bridge. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z When he has once made his choice, then he is obliged to endeavor to fix it upon his Highness, like pastel or quicksilver. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography 2011-05-11T02:00:19.453Z His light eyes glinted like full sockets of quicksilver. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z “The quicksilver falls at low pressure, not at high, Royal Highness.” Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z This process for reducing the ores of quicksilver is used by most people. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Footnote 12: Gold dissolved in strong acid, mixed with a small quantity of quicksilver in a vial, forms a tree with foliage. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z I don’t remember the first time I saw that quicksilver swing. Before Manny Became Manny 2011-04-26T01:04:53Z And in many of the paintings, Lawrence abandons the flattering strategies of the official portraitist to bring us face to face with the quicksilver animation of living, breathing human beings. | Connecticut: In Vivid Portraiture: Boldface Names of Bygone Era 2011-04-24T00:37:35Z But as the atmospheric pressure is so high that the quicksilver drops, thus showing an absolute disregard for the laws of nature, let's go for a ride, Countess—shall we? Royal Highness 2011-05-05T02:00:22.363Z Both Dioscorides and Pliny describe a distillation apparatus used to recover quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z “Lastly, instead of using water to render the piston or other parts of the engine air or steam-tight, I employ oils, wax, resinous bodies, fat of animals, quicksilver, and other metals, in their fluid state.” A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine 2011-04-21T02:00:53.240Z Besides, unless the quicksilver in my looking-glass tells a terrible lie, I’m not such a fright.” The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z You must have a strong dose of Polly to cheer you up—a grain of quicksilver for every scruple.' Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z The sun was setting after the long midsummer day, and the smooth, muddy water took on a surface of quicksilver. The Bail Jumper 2011-04-16T02:00:19.103Z Afterward cold water is poured into the same dish, and soon the quicksilver, which has absorbed all the gold, runs together into a separate place away from the rest of the concentrates made by washing. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In 1720 he effected a great improvement by the use of quicksilver instead of spirits of wine in thermometers. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z They are covered with quicksilver to which the gold particles become attached. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z When Carl went out he procured another egg and put in one end a bit of quicksilver. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z The little woman was looking this morning like something between a glint of sunshine and a flash of quicksilver. She's All the World to Me 2011-04-09T02:00:16.923Z Furthermore, the assaying of lead, copper, tin, quicksilver, iron, and bismuth, is almost wholly new, together with the whole of the argument and explanations. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The consequence is an immense consumption of quicksilver. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Later the quicksilver is washed from the blankets, and the gold taken from it by some process I don’t know about. Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman 2011-04-14T02:00:39.800Z The way the trick was worked was as follows: When Carl received the marked bullet back from Walter Raymond he substituted in its stead a similar-looking one made of amalgam of tinfoil and quicksilver. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z The work’s quicksilver surface – far more mercurial than its unflappable subject ever was – catches the light, even at night. ArtsBeat: Andy Warhol Commemorated in Chrome on Union Square 2011-03-31T19:31:47Z The first four chapters are devoted to the description of veins and the origin of the metals, of the remaining six chapters one each to silver, gold, tin, copper, iron, lead, and quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z On each mark of silver, worth in Lima eight and a-half dollars, or about thirty shillings, it is estimated that half a pound of quicksilver is expended. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Workplaces filled with powerful computers, savvy software, and artificial intelligence linked through quicksilver global communications networks will turn lawyers and medical technicians into the secretaries and bank tellers of the 1980s. A College Degree Is Still Worth It 2011-03-20T23:47:00Z The egg with the quicksilver could, of course, be set on end with ease, for the quicksilver’s weight would balance the other end. Leo the Circus Boy 2011-04-12T02:00:28.110Z The composition of this fire, stones, and cinders, are sulphur, nitre, quicksilver, sal ammoniac, lead, iron, brass, and all other metals. Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos 2011-03-02T03:00:27.050Z Such is the production of quicksilver, which has its uses. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It was highly interesting to me to observe in Tarma, upon one of these carpets, an exact representation of the Austrian double eagle, as the Indians had seen it on the quicksilver jars from Idria. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z The clashing bayonets flashed like quicksilver, and faces were lit up as by limelight. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z His firm figure was not possessed of any quicksilver flexibility; everything about him was precision--certainly clearness. Withered Leaves. Vol. II. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:17.540Z Den when you find de trick, sprinkle a li'l quicksilver over a piece of paper and put da paper on de fire, and dat trick gwine be laid forever. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Then it is set on a fire of coals and the soot which sticks to the cover when wiped off and cooled is quicksilver. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Below, the quicksilver mounts to 90 degrees, and the total absence of ventilation renders the heat still more oppressive. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z In various parts of the mountains, lead ore and quicksilver are known to exist. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Since that time the Rothschilds have devoted themselves to several large industrial enterprises, such as the Russian naphtha industry, the Spanish copper and quicksilver mines, etc. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Standing on the rocks she watched the waves breaking and sparkling at their base and noted the sea beyond, glistening like a sheet of quicksilver. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z There has been discovered a way of extracting hydrargyros from the inferior minium as a substitute for quicksilver, as mentioned. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z All at once, the water overhead met the ascending mist, and then a sparkling, silvery cloud arose in the spout, just like quicksilver in a glass tube. The Pobratim A Slav Novel 2011-01-11T03:00:27.460Z The first workers did not have "quicksilver," which is necessary to catch fine gold, but Mr. Roper's company had a jug shipped from San Francisco. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z On this upcoming monstrous Saturday, he will be one of Washington's spies, watching every move made by Nebraska's unique, quicksilver redshirt freshman quarterback Taylor Martinez. Washington found a star in an unlikely place in linebacker Mason Foster 2010-09-16T06:31:00Z Given our inability to find bin Laden in the 12 years since, it's a caveat worth remembering before the nation spends billions on another quicksilver bullet. Hyping Hypersonic Missiles: Do We Need All That Speed? 2010-07-06T08:30:00Z The ore of quicksilver is reduced in double or single pots. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z It's gone 10am and the coffee is flowing as steadily as his quicksilver tongue. Andy Murray can break grand slam duck at US Open says John McEnroe 2010-06-15T21:01:00Z Nothing less than a fifty-pound jug of quicksilver would be sold, at fifty cents a pound. Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences 2011-01-05T03:00:58.503Z For many years, quicksilver alliances lubricated the revolving doors of politics in Italy, when shaky governments rose and fell before the eyes of a jaded populace. Letter From Europe: The Worry Over British Consensus 2010-03-19T15:20:00Z When the basin of quicksilver is used, the telescope, either before or after being directed toward P, is pointed directly downwards, so that the observer mounting above it looks through it into the reflecting surface. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Book X., "compounds," embracing the description of a number of recognisable silver, copper, lead, quicksilver, iron, tin, antimony, and zinc minerals, many of which we set out more fully in Note 8, page 108. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Glory’s brain was as alert as quicksilver, and her heart as high and clean as the hills. The Law of Hemlock Mountain There’s gold, and silver, and quicksilver, and precious stones. Real Gold A Story of Adventure The adept on hearing quicksilver heedlessly disparaged should recall quicksilver to mind. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy He then adjusts the instrument so that the cross threads coincide with their images reflected from the surface of the quicksilver. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" Book VIII., metals—gold, silver, quicksilver, copper, lead, tin, antimony, bismuth, iron, and alloys, such as electrum, brass, etc.; De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The minerals worked include copper, quicksilver, manganese, cobalt, porcelain clay, alabaster, graphite. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis Then, slowly, her eyes turned to his, the sweet lips trembling, and something dawning deep in the dewy blue that turned all his leaping blood to quicksilver. The Valiants of Virginia The swooning state of mercury is thus described— "They say quicksilver to be swooning when it is perceived, as characterised thus— "Of various colours, and free from excessive volatility. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy Such a plane is realized in the surface of a liquid, a basin of quicksilver, for example. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" And this they do for that the salt separates the earth and filth, to the end the quicksilver may the more easily draw the silver unto it. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z I have heard others speak of youth, I have seen the word of quicksilver glitter on the pages of books; I am still ignorant of its meaning; I am not quite twenty. Woman Others will tell you that it was half a pound of quicksilver he put into it; but that doesn't stand to raison. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry As he skipped across the road, a small, animated mass of quicksilver, full of peculiar life and energy, it was difficult to keep becomingly grave. Glories of Spain "Now that the little monkey has gone, I may be able at last to catch and fix a likeness of her," I said; "in this case a recollection is better than the changing quicksilver reality." Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches He also describes the touchstone and its uses, the making of white-lead and verdigris, and of quicksilver from cinnabar. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The chemists in chorus pronounce their actual elements to be sulphur and quicksilver. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments By a mixture of borax and quicksilver they produced a mining powder by which the enemy's pieces were blown up, in case there was not time to spike them. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. For some time, I have been called upon occasionally to advise with regard to the finding of the ore in one of our quicksilver mines in West Texas. Fossil Ice Crystals An Instance of the Practical Value of "Pure Science" Among the minerals are silver, platinum, copper, iron, lead, manganese, chromium, quicksilver, bismuth, arsenic and antimony, of which only iron and manganese have been regularly mined. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" Among the side issues, he describes the method of making brass with calamine; of making steel; of distilling quicksilver; of melting out sulphur; of making vitriol and alum. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Fallopius reckons that quicksilver draws metals by reason of an occult property, just as a loadstone iron, amber chaff. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments It includes diamonds, the majority of which, however, are of a somewhat yellow colour, gold, quicksilver, cinnabar, copper, iron, tin, antimony, mineral oils, sulphur, rock-salt, marble and coal. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" One would think you had quicksilver in your veins! The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter The spirit of Bohemianism seemed to flash about the place like quicksilver. The Missioner She built a palace of crystal, which floated in the centre of the lake of quicksilver, and rose and fell with its waves. Tales of Passed Times But when quicksilver enters metals, it is wrongly called attraction. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments It was evidently composed of two flasks, one inside the other, the outer encased in felt, as I had seen, the inner coated with quicksilver and a space between the two. The Social Gangster As it is not easy to show this well with paraffined glass plates or tubes and water, I shall use another liquid which does not wet or touch clean glass, namely, quicksilver. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them But he made no reference to his work till 1783, when he presented to the Royal Society some “Observations on Mr Hutchins’s experiments for determining the degree of cold at which quicksilver freezes.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" My blood goes racing through my veins like 231 quicksilver, and it is a kind of torture to sit still, and talk in whispers, and see baby’s white waxy face, and smell nothing but drugs. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance Back and forth he wandered on Broadway, the moving crowds, volatile as quicksilver, holding him with a hypnotic power. Ewing\\'s Lady And "Have faith," said the commercial traveller as he walked into water heavy as quicksilver. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel In using quicksilver, be careful that none of it falls on gold or silver coins, or jewellery, or plate, or on the ornamental gilding on book-covers. Soap-Bubbles and the Forces Which Mould Them Small quantities of quicksilver, sulphur and iron are obtained. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Gold, petroleum, copper, borax and its products, clays, quicksilver and silver lead, in order of importance, representing some four-fifths of the total. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" In some districts sublimate of quicksilver is used in the same way. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 “Quick as quicksilver, uncle,” cried the boy, grinning, as, evading his uncle’s clutch, he thrust his hand through his elder’s arm. Sir Hilton's Sin They fell on the placid surface of the dam, lying below in the kloof, causing it to shine like a sea of quicksilver. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War Iron is also found in Kordofan; and one day, when we were digging out a well at Delen, we came across quicksilver. Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892 She wore a robe of coral-red silken gossamer, that with its foldings shivered like quicksilver, revealing a figure of olive marble beneath. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar Even with modern appliances and the use of quicksilver, gold-washing is a most precarious business; what then could it have been here with nothing but a basket and gourd? The West Indies and the Spanish Main About this time Robert was always buying little packages of quicksilver. The Child's Book of American Biography The latter has a specific gravity of say 19, and therefore sinks when it is carried upon a bath of fluid quicksilver, with a specific gravity of say 13.6. The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. The glass in the middle must be made to move in two grooves, and so much of the quicksilver must be scraped off, as is equal to the size of a common card. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments These ideas rushed through my soul like quicksilver. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar The sea for a time grew intensely calm, the swell seeming to swim along under a mantle of pearl or quicksilver. The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday I took out the plug and shook out the little dab of quicksilver, and set my teeth in. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer's Comrade The cold chills the vapor, condensing it into the liquid state again, and the quicksilver runs out of the end of the pipe, ready for use once more. The Boy With the U.S. Miners If cut transversely, the quicksilver will be seen to glitter in every part of it. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Then Max rapped out an oath and slipped like quicksilver from the box. The Destroying Angel Others will tell you that it was half a pound of quicksilver he put into it, but that doesn’t stand to raison. The Irish Fairy Book The stamped paper of the empire in rais fluctuates like quicksilver at the mart, and it is next to impossible to form any reasonable conjecture what change may take place from day to day. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia It's the same way with mercury, or, as it is generally called, quicksilver. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Robert Hunter, too, since deceased, having a flaw in his face, she undertook to cure with a mixture of quicksilver in a drink. Witch Stories Take this sentence from Stevenson's "Kidnapped": "His sword flashed like quicksilver into the huddle of his fleeing enemies." The Technique of Fiction Writing His own government would take charge of him at 'Irkutsk,' for that matter, at the quicksilver mines; and they say the diseased bones, from the absorption of that poison, is a terrible punishment. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas His father had left him a heritage of richly productive iron and quicksilver mines, and the enormous sales he made to the government kept on enlarging his fortune. The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun So far as that goes, I don't believe any chemist in the world can tell you exactly why quicksilver catches gold. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Besides precious stones, Ceylon produces gold, quicksilver, plumbago of the finest quality, and magnetic iron ore. The Pearl of India And the little, restless, energetic man was like quicksilver; he was everywhere. Weird Tales, Vol. II. She built a palace of crystal which floated in the midst of the lake of quicksilver, rising and falling on its waves. Old-Time Stories For the transmutation of quicksilver into a malleable, fine metal. Old and New London Volume I But, even with the use of quicksilver on the sluice there was still 40 per cent. of the gold that got away. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The sun pours down a vivid light, which spreads quicksilver iridescence over the cloud-tops. Cavalry of the Clouds Excursions were also made into the country, particularly to Bug; and here, as at Warsaw, the restless "quicksilver" man was everywhere. Weird Tales, Vol. II. The king followed the direction she indicated, and saw the queen and her daughter in the palace of crystal, where it floated like a boat without oars or rudder on the lake of quicksilver. Old-Time Stories The quicksilver, exposed to the radiant heat of the burning fuel, rose to one hundred and sixteen degrees of Fahrenheit’s scale. Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran The quicksilver vapor passes along this long pipe, which leads to several coils placed in a tank of running cold water. The Boy With the U.S. Miners Art is a tricksy quantity and like quicksilver is ever mobile. Ivory Apes and Peacocks In proportion as the acid gas is disengaged, it passes into the jar, and gets to the top of the quicksilver, which it displaces. Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries Thus silver was named for the moon, gold for the sun, copper for Venus, tin for Jupiter, iron for Vulcan, quicksilver for Mercury, and lead for Saturn. History of Human Society One might lick the quicksilver from the back of a mirror, or open an artery with a fragment of it, or even pound the glass and swallow it. The Bondboy Suppose, now, you make your sluice, cover the bottom of it and the riffles with copper plates to hold the quicksilver better, and then cover your copper with quicksilver. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The night air was sweet, too, to headiness, and the moonlight seemed to run like quicksilver in Finn's veins. Finn The Wolfhound “When you talk about my little girl, King, go as easy as if you was carryin’ quicksilver in a dish. The Rustler of Wind River Other metals, such as silver, quicksilver, gold, and lead, came into common use in the early stages of civilization, all of which added greatly to the arts and industries. History of Human Society The water of the bay was blazing like quicksilver. Phemie Frost's Experiences Gold and quicksilver are chums, and the minute they get together they join to form a mixture which is called an amalgam. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The Master spoke laughingly of the spring madness that was as quicksilver to his heels, and of great profit to furniture removers. Finn The Wolfhound “A Rascal bragging slave,” says he, “the rogue fled from me like quicksilver”: Expressions which, as they remember the cowardice of Pistol, seem to prove that Falstaff did not value himself on the adventure. Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare Gonzalvo is eager to listen––he is restless as quicksilver already with suspicion of strange things. The Flute of the Gods First this lead—heavy as Sm-th's speeches; then this glass, brittle as the bond between the Unionists; some quicksilver of Randolphian shiftiness; three charmed balls which have already hit their mark. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 22nd, 1890 The riffles will catch your heavy gold, just as well as before, and the quicksilver will catch a lot of the light gold that used to escape. The Boy With the U.S. Miners One may construct a sphere-instrument combined with quicksilver: this is a mystery; if plainly described, it would be generally intelligible in the world. On the Origin of Clockwork, Perpetual Motion Devices, and the Compass The quicksilver mines of Almaden are one of the sure cards of the Spanish finance minister, and during the late war, especially, were often a great resource to the poverty-stricken government. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 He could melt quicksilver and burn lead and turn them into yellow gold and white silver. The Chinese Fairy Book The annual yield of our gold mines is about forty millions of dollars, of our quicksilver two millions of dollars. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining You've got your gold in the riffles, then, and you've got a mixture of gold and quicksilver which has formed an amalgam. The Boy With the U.S. Miners The lying interpreters of nature affirm that quicksilver is the common seed of all metals. Thoughts on Art and Life They began to plan how they might engage in smuggling some of their quicksilver into the United States. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 The park is like a forest, and in the valley you can see a river, winding in and out like gleams of quicksilver. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals The water carries away the clay, sand, gravel and stones, and leaves the gold in the bottom of the sluice, where it is caught by its gravity and by quicksilver. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The perspiration rolls off in little drops, not wetting anything but running to the ground like so much quicksilver. Common Science Already the bright plates of copper, coated with quicksilver, were catching, retaining, amalgamating the gold. The Plunderer The bandits, with this treasure of the radiumized quicksilver ingots aboard, were already triumphantly celebrating. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 He has mortgages on the silver mines of Mexico and the quicksilver mines of Spain. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy If a bit of quicksilver is put in the way of the fine gold, the two metals unite at once and make a larger bulk, which can be caught. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining He checked his horse a moment to look round on the vast sweep of country presented to view from the height, the river lying as bright as quicksilver in the dun land. The Duke Of Chimney Butte As these huge vats contain quicksilver, vitriol, and other poisonous ingredients, the lives of men and animals thus occupied are of brief duration. Aztec Land Spawn and Perona kept in communication with him, and, by a method which was presently made startlingly clear to Jetta and me, De Boer smuggled the quicksilver for Perona and Spawn. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 With much more reason, as it appears to me, might a person object to the common term metal, as applied to things so very different from one another as gold, quicksilver, and lead. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air In most sluices, the quicksilver is put in above the riffle-bars at various places along in the boxes, with a confidence that the great specific gravity of the metal will prevent it from being lost. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining They talk of gold and silver mines, and lead and copper mines, and iron and quicksilver mines, but mining in Ireland cannot, as a rule, be made to pay. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Many tons of this are placed in a huge vat, at least a hundred feet square, and into it are thrown, in certain quantities, sulphate of copper, common salt, and quicksilver. Aztec Land And when the excitement was over, the ingots of radiumized quicksilver would have vanished! Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 In experiments on those kinds of air which are readily imbibed by water, I always make use of quicksilver, in the manner represented fig. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The quicksilver may then be rubbed on with a rag; or, still better, it may be dissolved in nitric acid, and the liquid nitrate of quicksilver may be applied with a rag. Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining The mate said he knew everything in it up to R, not to speak of working lunars in a saucer of quicksilver, and reckonizing squid by its Latin name. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas The quicksilver is afterwards extracted and reserved for continued use, performing the same function over and over again. Aztec Land |
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