(under subclass 12.1) Apparatus and methods employing both suspension by a liquid body of metal and adhesion to a surface or surfaces lined with a film or layer of such liquid metal.
(1) Note. The metal is ordinarily mercury of some alloy thereof, but may be lead in molten condition or alloys thereof for the suspension.
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14, for a combination including mercurial adhesion, sifting, and stratifying.
15, 16, 42, and 43, for other combinations including either mercurial adhesion or mercurial suspension.
