On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:02:51 -0400, Bob wrote:

If the best counterexample is a 'frozen' mass of Hg, it would be a wee
letdown.


Hence my specification of "liquid".


wrote:
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 09:57:59 -0700, Jim Kelley
wrote:

How so?

Pascal's law.

Are you implying that any and every column of mercury must obey Pascal's
law?


Any column of any liquid should. Would you care to cite a
counter example?