SamTex1949
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wait ! now thats mercury ! if we could ONLY make mercury balls !!!
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Oxidized Balls.
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doubleset
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Got liquid nitrogen?wait ! now thats mercury ! if we could ONLY make mercury balls !!!
I see what you did there
is that the same as BLUE BALLS, LOVERS NU$S, BACK IN THE DAY?
Kinda, except for old guys. lol
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Given enough time ,everyones balls turn white. Watz the bd
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don't worry about that, I have been married 54 years!
The second article discussed lead carbonate and its chemical structure. I thought that you wanted to know what that was. My apologies it you did not.
great to know! as I am one of them! 77++++.
WOW! you have served 54 yrs. of a LIFE SENTICE. GOD BLESS YOU!! remember TILL DEATH DO US PART!
you can't, because they belong to the GOD, MECURY, and he doesn't want to part with them! so that cancels that out!wait ! now thats mercury ! if we could ONLY make mercury balls !!!
QUANTUM PHISICS, is DIEIREA in the ENTH DEGEREE!!! NOT A GOOD FEALING! GOTTA GO, GOTTA GO!!
doubleset
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I'm starting to believe that I'm completely misinterpreting you and all of this is a joke. It's just not possible to take something like
even remotely seriously.
So -- sorry if I've missed (or should I say "mist"?) your humor here.
even remotely seriously.
So -- sorry if I've missed (or should I say "mist"?) your humor here.
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doubleset
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No apology necessary.
My point was that the chemical structure of lead carbonate is that of a carbonate (of course), and not that of an oxide -- while so many people here have been calling the carbonate an oxide, as though they're the same thing. This is along the lines of calling a horse a mule. Yeah, they both have horse genes, four feet, can be ridden, etc. But otherwise have some very different properties. So your response accurately points to that oxide/carbonate difference.
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And then someone brings up "MERCURY"... ... ...
Using a "naked" ball / bullet without proper lubricationg grooves some barrels got badly leaded. I used to clean them with mercury -- and then re-distil the mercury in a fume cupboard -- - but as a Chemistry teacher I did have the facilities and the knowledge to do this. ... Thirty years later I am amazed that I even considered doing that !!! I am still waiting for deWitt Bailey to let me have back the little bottle that he wanted to clean his M1851 --- and grateful that he is unlikely to do so ;-)
We all take chances and some traditional gunsmithing practices were SO dangerous. When John Bell (V-P of the MLAGB and the HBSA in the UK) died much of his collection was inherited by his son Chris. 25 years later I have been asked to deal with it -- - and amongst the "chemicals" was a bottle of what used to be called "corrosive sublimate" - used for blacking barrels. It is a soluble mercury compound and LETHAL. I can't even find a pharmacist with a Poisons Register who will take it -- - and neither will the Old Bill (Police), so it sits in my gunroom in a clearly labelled container and someone else will have to deal with it when my toes turn up.
Using a "naked" ball / bullet without proper lubricationg grooves some barrels got badly leaded. I used to clean them with mercury -- and then re-distil the mercury in a fume cupboard -- - but as a Chemistry teacher I did have the facilities and the knowledge to do this. ... Thirty years later I am amazed that I even considered doing that !!! I am still waiting for deWitt Bailey to let me have back the little bottle that he wanted to clean his M1851 --- and grateful that he is unlikely to do so ;-)
We all take chances and some traditional gunsmithing practices were SO dangerous. When John Bell (V-P of the MLAGB and the HBSA in the UK) died much of his collection was inherited by his son Chris. 25 years later I have been asked to deal with it -- - and amongst the "chemicals" was a bottle of what used to be called "corrosive sublimate" - used for blacking barrels. It is a soluble mercury compound and LETHAL. I can't even find a pharmacist with a Poisons Register who will take it -- - and neither will the Old Bill (Police), so it sits in my gunroom in a clearly labelled container and someone else will have to deal with it when my toes turn up.
African hunters used to add mercury to their lead ball. For more ductility, maybe?wait ! now thats mercury ! if we could ONLY make mercury balls !!!
I thunk it was done to increase velocity.
I just have to say, the title of this thread stands out and made me chuckle…
doubleset
50 Cal.
It has been used as an industrial lubricant.
