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- Hello there! No one knows who exactly discovered mercury, but it was traced all the way to ancient Egypt.
- . The mercury vapor is then cooled, condensed, and collected.Cinnabar ore is crushed and heated to release the mercury as a vapor mercury was found in tombs, kind of like the one right behind me... They trace all the way back in 1500 BC.
- . The alchemists thought that mercury, which they associated with the planet Mercury, had mystical properties and used it in their attempts to transmute base metals into gold. The Greeks knew of mercury and used it as a medicine.to placate or chase away evil spiritsIn many civilizations mercury was used
- Later on in the timeline, in the Middle Ages, mercury was commonly used in medicines to cure diseases like syphilis and leprosy
- Mercury is still useful to this day. In medicine, for the production of other chemicals, and to make liquid mirrors.fluorescent lamps, thermometers, float valves, dental amalgamsMercury is used in
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