AMERICAN 
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND ARTS. 
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Arr. XXVII.—The Permeability of Metals to Mercury; by 
Prof. Horsrorp of Harvard. 
Danrez observed that bars of lead, tin, zinc, gold and silver, 
became penetrate | 
mersed in it. He noticed that mercury combined to form a 
. Annals of Roy. Inst., vol. i. 
-Béttger prepared amalgams of barium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, zinc, silver, 
: u ; 
lead, copper and b uring salts of these metals 
Klauer 0 e forma: A ar i esium a upon pouring 
salts of these metals upon potassium males ollaston, Berzelius, Davy, Berg- 
mann, Damour, Débereiner, Serullas and Tennant lite a uy esearches in 
a s c e ; eae 
this field. The production of amalgams by electrolysis are well 
ogg., 52, 187. sie 
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