Re: pinhole Quicksilver

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From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 15:06:22 PDT

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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 15:06:22 -0700
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Quicksilver

Quicksilver

quick comes from an indo-european root meaning alive

although now we apply it to mean fast, its older meaning is life.

As in "cut to the quick" to cut so deeply you reach the living flesh.

So quicksilver is "alive silver"

Paul D
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http://www.dsdelft.nl/~tneleme/elem/hg.html

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