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人类很早就知道水银,它的制用历史,在金属中仅次于金、银、铜、锡、铅或铁,因为古代的炼丹术常以水银作原料,所以水银的化学知识,比其他金属发现得早,是化学发展史的重要标志之一。又因中国古代的炼丹术及医药都比西方发达,故发现这些知识的任务,大部分都落在中国。18世纪以后,汞的应用并深入到工业、军事及社会生活的各个方面,总计有千种以上的用途,故研究古人的用汞史是必要的。
It has long been known to mankind that mercury has a history of its use, second only to gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, or iron in metals, since ancient alchemy often used mercury as its raw material, so the chemical knowledge of mercury was lower than that of other Metal was found early, is an important symbol of the history of chemical development. Because ancient Chinese Alchemy and medicine were developed more than the West, most of the tasks of discovering such knowledge fell on China. Since the 18th century, mercury has been used in more than one thousand applications in all aspects of industrial, military and social life. Therefore, it is necessary to study the history of mercury used by the ancients.