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>Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 22:48:53 +0100
>From: "M.D.Eddy" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Mercury in C18 Scotland
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>Dear List,
>
>I was wondering if any of you know of a source or two which would
>address where the Scots got their mercury from during the eighteenth
>century. Mercury was one of the main ingredients of many medicines at
>the time and importing it would have been expensive. I have come across
>
>several references which state that the Scots had located either mercury
>
>or cinnabar (which can be turned into mercury) somewhere in Scotland.
>However, the source of the mine is never stated. Additionally, I have
>tried in vain to find information on this subject in the 1791-99
>Statistical Accounts of Scotland and in the Philosophical Transactions
>of the Royal Society. Any suggestions?
>
>Yours,
>Matthew.
>
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>M. D. Eddy
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>M. D. Eddy
>Editor-in-Chief, Philosophical Writings - HPSM Director
>University of Durham, Department of Philosophy, 50 Old Elvet, Durham,
>DH1 3HN UK; Tel: (44) 191 374 7641 OR St. John's College, 3 South
>Bailey, Durham, DH1 3HN UK; Voicemail: (44) 191 374 3575;
>http://www.dur.ac.uk/m.d.eddy/ NB: Diagnosed Dyslexic.
>
>
>
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