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6 matches to Mercury
Fahrenheit, Gabriel. 1686-1736. German physicist, inventor of temperature scale 1712. Alcohol thermometer 1709. Mercury thermometer 1714.
Hermes. Greek fertility, messenger god. = Mercury.
Jabir Ibn Hayyan. c721-815. Arab alchemist. Mercury+sulphur=gold. 2,000 works.
Mercury. Roman messenger/commerce god.= Hermes.
Pigalle, Jean-Baptiste. 1714-85. French sculptor. Mercury 1744.
Torricelli, Evangelista. 1608-47. Italian physicist. mercury barometer, vacuum 1643.