"So lots of schoolboys would break open a thermometer and coat the ha'penny with the mercury to make it silver and pass it off as a shilling"
Hate to admit it, I was one of those boys. I was 'hero' of the class for a short term when I showed them that trick lol, our class was banned from having access to/use any mercury but had a friendly lab assistant (I'm sure he was a prefect) who sold us a small jar of it. Them were the days haha. Dave. On 9 Feb, 11:18, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > Sure, 1m^3 would be fine ;-) Don't worry, in that case other rules will > kick in... > > Jens > > > > > > > > > You mean that if they were 1mx1mx1m with 1m3 of mercury it would be > > fine? World is weirder than I thought... > > I would just use them not telling anybody what's in those tiny, tiny > > tubes. Or tell them it's getter. > > Then you crack those tubes open in some other location. And you are > > not exposing anybody to the deadliest of the metals. The only thing > > offended is the law. :D > > Marcin > > > On 9 Feb, 11:37, jb-electronics<webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > >> a good idea, but the problem is the dimensions. Legally, everything > >> smaller than 2mm (in any direction) counts as an "open" device. Since > >> these small Hg givers are very small, they are considered as open > >> devices, and thus I am not allowed to use them. It is very frustrating... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
