"Because the mercury column is short" is what he's saying.
I guess this is part of a longer item about Toricelli barometers which use a column of mercury - mercury is used because its density allows the column to be a manageable length. If you used water it'd be around 30 feet long instead of 30 inches.
He is referring to using mercury in a barometer. Because of the density of mercury the column can be short (shorter than using a less dense medium like later which would need .75 meters or 30-something inches). We don't get the meaning because this clip is excerpted from a longer segment. Do a web-search for the name he mentions along with mercury.
He's not saying "...mercury can't be..." he's saying "...because mercury column is short". He doesnt use an article in front of the word "mercury", which is either him mispeaking, being lazy, or a Brittish thing.
He's talking about the Torricelli Experiment which involves creating a vacuum with a column of mercury.
He's saying Mercury can be short, as in a short column of Mercury in a barometer. Sure, it's 30 inches, give or take (erm 75ish cm), because of its density.
Torricelli's experiment was that you could put a liquid (preferrably a heavy one) in a column that's sealed at the bottom, turn it upside-down, and place it in a further container of mercury as the liquid draws down from the top, a space with a vacuum is created at the top. Doing so struck a blow to the existing thought that nature abhors a vacuum.
I'm not sure if the barometric propeties of Torricelli's apparatus were obvious, but they must've become obvious as people around the world measures different heights of the mercury.
As for Mercury being short and portable, it's true-- you can hold something 30" tall in your hands. To do the same thing with water requires 33 feet, or about 10 meters.
Evil Klown: he's saying "because the mercury column is short." You can use a vertical tube filled with mercury to measure air pressure, and it's portable because the tube can be pretty short. If you used a lighter material like water, the tube would have to be 33 feet tall, which is not very portable.
He's saying the mercury column is short (he must have been talking about barometers just before this clip began). A classic barometer is a tube full of water or mercury, held up by the atmosphere's air pressure. Because mercury is denser than water, the height of a mercury barometer will be shorter than the height of a water barometer.
I'm sorry, but the cannonball floating seemed obvious to me. Didn't everybody's grandpa have jars of mercury he'd let you float some coins in as a child? "Push them down. See? They won't sink in mercury." -Grandpa
i jus wanna know y if that was actually mercury....he isnt wearing a mask...and he jus like chunks the cannon ball into it where it like splashes everywhere....jus a thought..
I can't believe no one's answered Evil Klown's question yet. Let's try to be more helpful, OK?
Evil Klown: He's actually saying "A mercury column is short," referring to the fact that mercury barometers are much shorter than barometers of other, lighter liquids.
When I was a little kid, my dad had a little jar of mercury that he would show us. We called it quicksilver. I loved letting a small bead of mercury roll around on my hand. Those were good times. I wonder where I can get some these days?
I tried to make a column out of mercury once. Man, that stuff is hard to stack. That was the shortest column I ever saw. It seemed almost pointless to put the mercury roof on it.
Let me answer that for you... I think he says, "because the mercury column is short". I'm so sorry no one else was willing to help you until now... Mean people!
He saying that water is potable, or drinkable, because it is short of mercury. If you have mercury in your water, it is not potable because mercury is a poisonous heavy metal.
Mercury can't be -- what?
ReplyDeleteSounds like he's saying "mercury can't be short."
The "mercury COLUMN is short"
ReplyDelete"Because the mercury column is short" is what he's saying.
ReplyDelete"Because the mercury column is short" is what he's saying.
ReplyDeleteI guess this is part of a longer item about Toricelli barometers which use a column of mercury - mercury is used because its density allows the column to be a manageable length. If you used water it'd be around 30 feet long instead of 30 inches.
He is referring to using mercury in a barometer. Because of the density of mercury the column can be short (shorter than using a less dense medium like later which would need .75 meters or 30-something inches). We don't get the meaning because this clip is excerpted from a longer segment. Do a web-search for the name he mentions along with mercury.
ReplyDeleteI think he's saying "the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeletethe mercury column is short -- mercury column, i.e. in a barometer.
ReplyDelete"It's portable, because the mercury column is short"
ReplyDeleteHe's saying "the mercury COLUMN is short".
ReplyDeleteHe's not saying "...mercury can't be..." he's saying "...because mercury column is short". He doesnt use an article in front of the word "mercury", which is either him mispeaking, being lazy, or a Brittish thing.
ReplyDeleteHe's talking about the Torricelli Experiment which involves creating a vacuum with a column of mercury.
"A Mercury column is short..."
ReplyDeleteIf you use a column of water to determine atmospheric pressure it would not be short.
Mercury can't be shot. Because it's so dense, the bullets don't go through, but stay on top and float around.
ReplyDeleteI think.
He is saying the Torricelli experiment is repeatable because the "Mercury column can be short"
ReplyDeleteHe's saying Mercury can be short, as in a short column of Mercury in a barometer. Sure, it's 30 inches, give or take (erm 75ish cm), because of its density.
ReplyDeleteTorricelli's experiment was that you could put a liquid (preferrably a heavy one) in a column that's sealed at the bottom, turn it upside-down, and place it in a further container of mercury as the liquid draws down from the top, a space with a vacuum is created at the top. Doing so struck a blow to the existing thought that nature abhors a vacuum.
I'm not sure if the barometric propeties of Torricelli's apparatus were obvious, but they must've become obvious as people around the world measures different heights of the mercury.
As for Mercury being short and portable, it's true-- you can hold something 30" tall in your hands. To do the same thing with water requires 33 feet, or about 10 meters.
Evil Klown: he's saying "because the mercury column is short." You can use a vertical tube filled with mercury to measure air pressure, and it's portable because the tube can be pretty short. If you used a lighter material like water, the tube would have to be 33 feet tall, which is not very portable.
ReplyDelete"It's portable because the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeleteHe means when compared to a column of water.
See this video (click "experiment"). That shows to do a column of water it is over 10m tall.
I just found that site myself trying to figure it out. ;)
He's saying the mercury column is short (he must have been talking about barometers just before this clip began). A classic barometer is a tube full of water or mercury, held up by the atmosphere's air pressure. Because mercury is denser than water, the height of a mercury barometer will be shorter than the height of a water barometer.
ReplyDeleteAren't mercury fumes poisonous? Why isn't he wearing any protection?!
ReplyDeleteI think he says, "...the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeleteNot can't, but column.
ReplyDelete"Mercury COLUMN is short", he's talking about Torricelli's barometer experiments.
He's saying mercury can't be short. SHORT. Where's the misunderstanding in this?
ReplyDeleteThe Mercury column is short, the Mercury column is short, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah. Geeze - don't any of you read the comments before you reply??
ReplyDeleteHe's saying the mercury...
ReplyDeleteJesus people, are you that simple. It's been said 20 times already!
Move along!
what is he saying? it sounds like "the mercury column is short"???
ReplyDelete>>Aren't mercury fumes poisonous? Why isn't he wearing any protection?!
ReplyDeleteI think it is only dangerous as part of a gas. He isn't heating the mercury...thus no gas.
I'm not sure, but I think he's saying "the mercury is short."
ReplyDeleteShort compared to what? Damned Brits!
I think he's saying "the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeleteI think he says, "...the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeleteDude musta collected a LOT of thermometers to make that giant pool of mercury. Beats the tar out of my tiny baby food jar full o' the stuff.
ReplyDeleteMercury COLUMN is short.
ReplyDeleteJust clearing that up.
Careful man! A terminator will come out of that pool!
ReplyDeleteSomething about a short mercury column?
ReplyDeleteIs he going to get some sort of mercury poisoning from that splash of mercury!?
ReplyDeleteDude that is so cool. Wheer did they get all that Mercury I wonder??
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So, what you're all saying is that he's saying "the mercury column is short".
ReplyDeleteRight?
the mercury is short a column.
ReplyDeleteShould he be dropping a ball into mercury like that? It... splashes, and it's terribly poisonous. That seems unnecessarily dangerous.
ReplyDeleteFake, Mercury would melt his arms off and even if it was real mercury it would have cooled by the time it came to earth.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, but the cannonball floating seemed obvious to me. Didn't everybody's grandpa have jars of mercury he'd let you float some coins in as a child? "Push them down. See? They won't sink in mercury." -Grandpa
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i jus wanna know y if that was actually mercury....he isnt wearing a mask...and he jus like chunks the cannon ball into it where it like splashes everywhere....jus a thought..
ReplyDeleteI think he says, "...the mercury column is short."
ReplyDeleteIt's "Mercy! Callin' the shots!"
ReplyDeleteApparently, he has just been told he is to direct the next show.
He's talking about the Torricelli Experiment
ReplyDeleteshort is the mercury column
ReplyDeleteSpoiler Alert!
ReplyDeleteThe mercury column is short.
I think he said "Because the mercury column is short"
ReplyDeleteHe is saying "mercury column is not long".
ReplyDelete"Mercury columns wear shorts."
ReplyDeleteWhat does he mean "the mercury column is shot?" I don't get it.
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ReplyDeleteI can't believe no one's answered Evil Klown's question yet. Let's try to be more helpful, OK?
ReplyDeleteEvil Klown: He's actually saying "A mercury column is short," referring to the fact that mercury barometers are much shorter than barometers of other, lighter liquids.
OMFGWTF!
ReplyDeleteTHE MERCURY COLUMN HAS BEEN SHOT!
I thought he said somethin' about Martin Short, what about him? Does he also float?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure he said The mercury column can be SHORT. Call me crazy, I know nobody else will agree, but that's gotta be it.
ReplyDeletei think he says the Mercury column is a sport
ReplyDeletewhy is every comment about what he's saying?
ReplyDeleteHe said the "mercury column is sex"
ReplyDeleteMaybe he means that the mercury's shorts are like columns...
ReplyDelete"why is every comment about what he's saying?"
ReplyDeleteBecause there was only the first post when about 20 of us responded, but then after moderation it looks like we are all repeating idiots. ;)
When I was a little kid, my dad had a little jar of mercury that he would show us. We called it quicksilver. I loved letting a small bead of mercury roll around on my hand. Those were good times. I wonder where I can get some these days?
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ReplyDeleteBecause he's saying the Mercury Column is short.
Duh!... He is saying, 'The mickery column is snort'
ReplyDeleteI tried to make a column out of mercury once. Man, that stuff is hard to stack. That was the shortest column I ever saw.
ReplyDeleteIt seemed almost pointless to put the mercury roof on it.
you tards.
ReplyDelete"The mercenary Gollum wears shorts"
ReplyDeleteSorry if this has been answered before... but what the heck is he mumbling about?
ReplyDeleteLet me answer that for you...
ReplyDeleteI think he says, "because the mercury column is short". I'm so sorry no one else was willing to help you until now... Mean people!
He saying that water is potable, or drinkable, because it is short of mercury. If you have mercury in your water, it is not potable because mercury is a poisonous heavy metal.
ReplyDeleteWHO CARES!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome!
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In Soviet Russia, column mercury you!!!
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