I recall as an astronomy undergraduate in the late 60's we used a mercury filled basin as an artificial horizon for sextant sightings.
On 11 Dec 2019, at 18:53, Stuart, Ralph <Ralph.Stuart**At_Symbol_Here**keene.edu> wrote:
?I hope some college art department doesn't see this and a performance art project worked out with mercury.
I have seen such a thing in real life. A 4 foot pool of liquid mercury on the floor as an art project. I left the room asap...
- Ralph
Ralph Stuart, CIH, CCHO
Environmental Safety Manager
Keene State College
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