Hermes
The spokesman of the gods is Mercury.
Mercury is the god of thieves and con-men.
As god of communications, Mercury was determined to remain in charge.
The Golden Boy is a statue based on the style of the Roman god Mercury, or the Greek god Hermes.

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mercury | American Dictionary

mercury
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmɜr·kjər·i/
a heavy, silver-colored metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures:
Mercury is used in thermometers.
Mercury
noun[ U ]
us/ˈmɜr·kjər·i/
the planet nearest in distance to the sun

Examples of mercury

mercury
It centred around which material was more reliable: a mercury column or a wire of solid alloy.
Therefore, the idea of using a circulating pulsed liquid-metal jet made from gallium, mercury, or lead targets seems quite promising.
A sodium reagent is used and the chloride ions are reacted with mercury and diphenylcarbazone to form a purple colour.
In case of amalgam-related somatization, individuals attribute their symptoms to mercury intoxication due to amalgam fillings.
A set of copper strips dipped in mercury-filled grooves was used for both high power and low noise circuits.
Psychometric evidence that mercury from silver dental fillings may be an etiological factor in depression, excessive anger, and anxiety.
Staining for lipid alone is easier and safer than staining for protein with mercury bromophenol blue, but the latter could be used.
Figure 2 shows the radial temperature distribution of a mercury jet as a function of time after beam deposition.
Multifocal and full-field electroretinogram changes associated with color-vision loss in mercury vapor exposure.
Surveys have repeatedly shown that a significant proportion of equipment (usually mercury column sphygmomanometer) has significant defects even in major hospitals.
A small volume (about 1 l) of mercury was added in the proximal end of the pipette before use.
The mercury pressure sensor, for example is described in less than half a page, while piezoresistive sensors have five pages.
Sometimes the current is passing between a liquid and a gas, as in arc welding, arc furnaces or mercury arc rectifiers.
There are theories not involving infection, including the theory invoking allergy to synthetic detergent, that suggesting antigenicity to mites, and that suggesting allergy to mercury.
Neuro-psychological clinical assessment of workers in an electric lamp factory exposed to metallic mercury.
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