Question: Can You Touch Mercury? Mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature. Although it has been removed from most thermometers, you can still find it in thermostats and fluorescent lights. Do you know what happens if you touch mercury or whether it is safe? Here's a look at what to expect and the health hazards of touching liquid mercury. Also, find out what to do in the event of a spill. Answer: It's never safe to touch mercury. You'll hear older people tell you how it used to be common to use liquid mercury in labs and poke at it with fingers and pencils.
Ortofon is a Danish manufacturer of electronic audio equipment. It is the world's largest producer of magnetic cartridges for phonograph turntables, with 500,000 cartridges sold annually. The company was founded by engineers Arnold Poulsen and Axel Petersen in 1918.
An orc /ÉËrk/ (also spelled as ork, orch, or yrch) is a fictional humanoid creature that is part of a fantasy race akin to goblins. While the overall concept of orcs draws on a variety of pre-existing mythology, the main conception of the creatures stems from the fantasy writings of J. R. R. Tolkien, in particular The Lord of the Rings.