On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:22:19 -0000, "Peter Crosland"
wrote:

It is not actually. The mercury content is very hazardous in large amounts.

When I was a kid I used to make pocket money by collecting old mercury
rectifiers and selling the metal off when I'd filled the carboy (some
tens of lbs).

Dropped one once...

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10/6 in this size