6 Sep
2004
6 Sep
'04
1:38 a.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
I've got some quicksilver that I liberated from
some evacuated glass tubes
by cracking the tips of the tubes and then emptying the contents into a
container. Unfortunately, some tiny glass shards got into the container
and is now mixed in. How can I filter out the glass shards so they don't
cut up my esophagus when I drink it?
Not a nice way to die, with or without glass...
I seem to remember that you could filter it through a thin chamois
leather, if the 30 years since that particular science teacher haven't
dulled my memory too much. Can't hurt, I suppose.
Cheers,
Dave.