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I HAVE often observed these bubbles when purifying mercury. They may be produced very easily by shaking mercury and any liquid in a wide stoppered test-tube, and then suddenly bringing the tube to rest, when the bubbles (of varying size) will be formed.
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BLACKMAN, P. Mercury Bubbles. Nature 79, 160 (1908). https://doi.org/10.1038/079160e0
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