Project Gutenberg 2020-09-27 Public domain in the USA. 145 Boerhaave, Herman 1668 1738 Boerhaave, J. H. Boerhaave, J. Herman Boerhaave, Hermanus Boerhaave, H. (Herman) Boerhaave, Hermann Some Experiments Concerning Mercury Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Some Experiments Concerning Mercury" by Herman Boerhaave is a scientific publication written in the early 18th century. This work primarily explores the properties and transformations of mercury, detailing various experiments that investigate its nature and interactions with other substances. Boerhaave, a noted professor of medicine and chemistry, reflects on the practices and theories prevalent in alchemy, contributing to the understanding of chemical principles during this period. In this book, Boerhaave meticulously documents a series of experiments aimed at purifying mercury and observing its behavior under different conditions. He demonstrates how mercury can change its characteristics through physical manipulations like shaking and heating, leading to tangible results such as the formation of various powders. By distilling mercury multiple times, he seeks to understand its fundamental properties, the implications of its transformations, and the prospect of achieving purity. His observations often confront prevailing alchemical beliefs, emphasizing both the challenges and the insights garnered from rigorous scientific inquiry into the fascinating world of chemical experimentation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Mercury QD Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry 71793 2025-07-25T07:22:04.066282 text/html 47626 2024-10-18T06:36:28 text/html 301919 2025-07-25T07:22:06.955268 application/epub+zip 300819 2025-07-25T07:22:04.698325 application/epub+zip 109898 2025-07-25T07:22:04.388269 application/epub+zip 335569 2025-07-25T07:22:08.732320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304824 2025-07-25T07:22:06.668264 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125197 2022-09-28T14:41:19.154567 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56326 2025-07-25T07:22:03.865317 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36476 2024-10-18T06:36:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16703 2025-07-25T07:22:08.879254 application/rdf+xml 19955 2025-07-25T07:22:04.490270 image/jpeg 3263 2025-07-25T07:22:04.439268 image/jpeg 284125 2025-07-25T07:22:04.090319 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia en.wikipedia