From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Sat Apr 13 2002 - 15:06:22 PDT
Message-Id: <l03110727b8de5b47e627@[192.174.3.125]> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 15:06:22 -0700 From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Re: pinhole Quicksilver
Quicksilver
quick comes from an indo-european root meaning alive
although now we apply it to mean fast, its older meaning is life.
As in "cut to the quick" to cut so deeply you reach the living flesh.
So quicksilver is "alive silver"
Paul D
refernce
http://www.dsdelft.nl/~tneleme/elem/hg.html
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