Dave Shrader wrote:
Bob wrote:

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


That's kind of chilly!! About -37F if my old reference books are still
accurate.

Rumor has it, despite recent budgetary cutbacks, the freezing points of
Mercury, Water, and even good old Carbon Dioxide will remain unchanged
for the next fiscal year...

;-)



Now, enough humor. Who's tried any experiments yet?
Not entire mercury columns, but just a small quantity at each end of a
collinear or dipole.