Cannonball in Mercury: Will It Float?

1. Christophe
   March 28th, 2009 at 2:09 pm

   Good mercury vapors, mmmm...

2. zav
   March 28th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

   What bbc video is this from?

3. Abbey
   March 28th, 2009 at 5:08 pm

   Now, that doesn't seem safe.

4. Kalel
   March 28th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

   This is from the BBC version of 'Jackass'?

5. Justin
   March 28th, 2009 at 7:48 pm

   Being around that much liquid mercury would really make me uneasy.

6. Randy B
   March 28th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

   Why does someone have a tub full of mercury like that?

7. DOJ
   March 28th, 2009 at 8:57 pm

   very cool
   I bet a basketball would just roll around on the surface

8. Ratz
   March 28th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

   I remember seeing this as a kid; I don't remember the specifics, but at the time, the narrator was talking about the life expectancy of the slaves who mined mercury being in the order of days.

   As for being around the fumes, he comments earlier in the programme that there are massive extractor fans above the baths to take the fumes away.

   If anyone can remember the name of (or better yet, provide) the actual program , I'd be very interested.

9. Wow
   March 29th, 2009 at 4:13 pm

   Wow, Ratz, you have a good memory.

10. Gauldar
    March 29th, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Speaking of life expectancy...

    I have a question: What is the life expectancy of BBC narrators talking in front of a tub of liquid mercury?

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