Dissolve a pinch of silver and mercury in a solution of nitric acid, drop in a lump of metal amalgam, and soon a spidery, glittering "Tree of Diana" will form on the glass.
A thermometer often now, and more often back in the early 1800s, consists of a glass tube up which a column of mercury or alcohol can travel from a reservoir at the base.
现在常见的温度计由一个玻璃管和一个位于底部的贮液槽组成，贮液槽中的水银或酒精沿玻璃管上升形成液柱。
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Use a plastic jar or double-bagged ziplock baggie, to deposit the mercury into (avoid using glass because it can easily break).