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This programme traces the history of Mercury.
This programme traces the history of Mercury.
| Module code and title: | S103, Discovering science |
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| Item code: | S103; 06 |
| First transmission date: | 1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:42 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video S103/VCR3. |
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| Producer: | John Jaworski |
| Contributor: | David Johnson |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Subject terms: | Mercury |
| Footage description: | Footage - Rocky hillside. View of town of Almaden, Spain. Mercury being poured into dish. Exterior of Almaden mine. Cinnabar being ground into vermilion in a mortar. Painting: "Three Graces" by Rubens. Details of "Three Graces" (0'14"-1'50") - Rocks. Cuevas mine. Mercury globules on cinnabar. Liquid mercury bubbling. Empty flasks. Men filling flasks with liquid mercury. Flasks tied together. Lorry being loaded with flasks. Lorry travelling along road. Landscape ('51"-4'22") - Gold ring dipped into mercury. Solid silver amalgam. Liquid silver amalgam. Silver coins (reals). Stone plaque. Views of wall of Almadenechos. Memorial statue of Almaden miners - (4'23"-6'27") Experiment to demonstrate how atmospheric pressure keeps a column of water in a tube. Tank of bubbling mercury. Previous experiment repeated using mercury (6'28"-9'12"). Panoramic view of area around Almaden. Landscape views from mountains. Cannon ball floating in tank of mercury. Timelapse clouds. Satellite photo of Earth. Barometer. Swirling clouds over globe. Moving rain clouds (9'13"-11'14") - Views of Almaden mine. B/w still photo of Almaden mine in the past. The same view of the mine today. Process of mercury production explained (11'14"-13'01") - Burning logs. Crucible containing ground cinnabar. Cinnabar being heated. Mercury being heated in a flask. Mercury oxide being heated and pure oxygen being collected. Lighted splint burning in tube of pure oxygen. Flames (13'02"-15'01") - Interior of room full of flasks. Samples of mercury oxide, mercury and oxygen. Scene of sheep in field. Stork on its nest. Terraces in hillside at Entredicho mine. B/w still photo of Almaden mine in the past. Cuevas mine vehicle entering mineshaft and moving through mine (15'02"-17'00"). - Almaden mine museum. Electric bell wires dipped in mercury. B/w illustration of Michael Faraday. Faraday museum in London Royal Institution. Experiment to show deflection of magnetic needle from a current carrying wire. Apparatus showing Faraday's model of first electric motor (17'01"-20'09") - Skyscrapers. Miners walking in Almaden mine. Mercury vapour shown in u/v light. Miners in mine and vehicles carrying cinnabar rock (20'10"-22'16") - Distillation of liquid mercury. Gold ring. Graphs showing resistivity for different metals from book: 'Nobel Lectures Physics 1901-1921'. Levitating magnet repulsed by liquid helium (22'17"-26'24") - Patient going into scanner. Scan of brain. Japanese factory. Japanese levitating train. Computer animation of track and levitating train. Train moving at speed. View through vehicle window entering and travelling through Almaden mine (26'24"-29'05"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9497 |
| Production number: | FOUS911Y |
| Videofinder number: | 5450 |
| Available to public: | no |
