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beetnik
Sep 29, 2004 18:10
i just splattered candle wax all over a piece of paper (
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seedmole
September 30 2004, 08:47:02 UTC
hat makers used mercury to change the size of hats, not lead.
they would put mercury in the part that goes around your head, and heat it up or cool it to make it change in size.
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atonguetotaste_
September 30 2004, 14:10:11 UTC
no i'm pretty sure it was lead
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seedmole
October 1 2004, 13:33:29 UTC
1) how would they use lead for that?
2) mercury would work perfectly, seeing as how it's volume changes so much with a small amout of change in temperature.
3) i know its mercury, and not lead.
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seedmole
October 1 2004, 13:34:33 UTC
further proof:
http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mad2.htm
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bitch_breakfast
October 1 2004, 23:26:00 UTC
fuck jeremy and ben
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they would put mercury in the part that goes around your head, and heat it up or cool it to make it change in size.
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2) mercury would work perfectly, seeing as how it's volume changes so much with a small amout of change in temperature.
3) i know its mercury, and not lead.
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http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-mad2.htm
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AT IT
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