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"when the rising mercury concentrates sugars" Mercury is not capitalized here, which makes a huge difference. In assuming astrological Mercury, not somehow th
by moneytide1 6y ago
"when the rising mercury concentrates sugars"
Mercury is not capitalized here, which makes a huge difference. In assuming astrological Mercury, not somehow the element?
- chihuahua 6y agoI assume it's a reference to rising temperature. Thermometers used to contain mercury which expands when heated.
- refurb 6y agoIt's a reference to a mercury (the element) thermometer. When the temperature rises, the mercury rises. It's been decades since mercury thermometers were common for the average person. We'll need to update our idioms!
- moneytide1 6y agoMakes sense now, temperature - I was looking into it too much because I've seen in Farmers Almanacs schedules of planting&harvesting with lunar cycles because the gravitational pull is thought to assist essential growth phases. I thought perhaps Thai farmers were also heeding Mercury alignment or retrograde to achieve a certain fruiting outcome (gravity from Mercury would be negligible compared to our Moon).