ARGENTUM

VIVUM (Lat.),n.n.. From vivus, living. Gr., xvrès dpyvpos. Fr., argent vif. Ger., Quecksilber. It., argento vivo. at (or quick-) silver; pnercurys A term used by Pliny and restricted by him to mercury occurring native. {B, 3.J—A.v. purificatum. Purified mercury.” [L, 63.]—Spiritus argent i vivi sublimati. Spirit of sublimated quicksilver (i. ¢., of corrosive sublimate). A name given by Libavius (1605) to tin tetrachloride because he prepared it by distilling tin with corrosive sublimate. [B, 3.]