Concept
Silver
Overview
chemical element with symbol Ag and atomic number 47
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The exhalations from silver-mines are dangerous to all animals, particularly to dogs. The softer they are, the more beautiful gold and silver are considered. There are two kinds of silver. On placing a piece upon an iron-shovel at a white heat, if the metal remains perfectly white, it is of the best quality: if it turns a reddish color, it is inferior; but if it becomes black, it is worthless.
the Elder Pliny, The Boys' and Girls' Pliny
The chapter “CHAPTER IV. SILVER.” is titled for Silver; names Silver several times.
In the first place, the silver or gold money crystal is not only the product of the process of circulation, but in fact its only final product. In the second place, gold and silver are ready and direct products of nature, not distinguished by any difference of form. The universal product of the social process or the social process itself as a product is a peculiar natural product, a metal hidden in the bowels of the…
Karl Marx, A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy
Names Silver several times; states what Silver is.
The specific gravity of silver is 10.4, and of lead 11.35: the granulated lead, which sinks, is never absolutely pure, and the residual fluid metal contains, when richest, only 1/119 part of silver. As the difference in specific gravity, caused by the different proportions of the two metals, is so exceedingly small, the separation is probably aided in a great degree by the difference in gravity between the lead,…
Charles Darwin, Volcanic Islands
Names Silver several times; states what Silver is.
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