MERCURY

is a metal which is Guid at ordinary temperatures. It ia rei obtained from its sulphide, which is called cinnabar, and is u crude vermilion, The chief mines for quicksilver are at Almaden, in ipa and Idria, in Austria. The metal is largely used in the construction of barometers and thermometers, and in the extraction of gold from the quartz in which it is found. || [s. 253]