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they used Mercury to make the hats, so they eventually went crazy from over exposure to Mercury... look up symptoms on Google for mercury exposure

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What is the difference between spore makers and seed makers?

Spore makers produce spores, which are small reproductive cells that fungi use for reproduction. Seed makers produce seeds, which are structures containing the plant embryo and stored nutrients for germination. Spores are more commonly found in fungi, while seeds are more commonly found in plants.


Why don't microscope makers use 100x ocular lenses?

Microscope makers typically do not use 100x ocular lenses because it can lead to image distortion, reduced field of view, and decreased depth of field. Using lower magnification ocular lenses ensures a better balance between magnification and image quality for most microscopy applications.


You have stiffness in your one of your finger and the blood tests revealed normal inflammatory makers and weak positive ANA?

Stiffness in a finger with normal inflammatory markers and a weak positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) could indicate a potential autoimmune condition like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. However, further evaluation by a rheumatologist may be needed to determine the exact cause and develop an appropriate treatment plan.


History of compound microscope?

Though there are no definite facts, it is believed either Galileo Galilei, Zacharias Janssen, or Hans Lippershey invented the compound microscope. Christiaan Huygens was a Dutch scientist who created a compound microscope using achromatic lenses that lessened the skewing and blurring of magnified images.


Why are enzymes called makers and breakers?

In genetics, an enzyme known as DNA polymerase effects the copying of DNA there for it helps in replication, as in MAKING, another enzyme known as DNA helicase is used to break the bonds on the nitrogen bases so the strands can separate, BREAKING bonds.

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Why were hat makers called mad hatters?

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries hat makers were known as 'hatters'. At that time it mercury was used in the hat making process, but mercury is very toxic and can cause illness which makes the sufferer appear crazy or 'mad'. So many hatters had mercury poisoning that the terms 'as mad as a hatter' and 'mad hatters' entered into common parlance.


Who was an 18th century English furniture maker?

Names of other English furniture makers eighteenth century


Were the Vikings the first boat makers?

Vikings were not the first boat makers. Boats have been in existence for centuries before the Vikings.


What has the author Robert Stewart Whipple written?

Robert Stewart Whipple has written: 'Some scientific instrument makers of the eighteenth century'


What has the author Knowles Boney written?

Knowles Boney has written: 'Liverpool porcelain of the eighteenth century and its makers' -- subject(s): Liverpool porcelain


What has the author Herbert George Fordham written?

Herbert George Fordham has written: 'Some notable surveyors & map-makers of the sixteenth, seventeenth, & eighteenth centuries and their work' -- subject(s): Cartographers, Cartography, History, Surveyors 'John Cary, engraver, map, chart and print-seller and globemaker 1754 to 1835' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Catalogs, Maps 'Some notable surveyors & map-makers of the sixeenth, seventeenth, & eighteenth centuries and their work' -- subject(s): Cartographers, Cartography, History, Surveyors 'Notes on British and Irish itineraries and road-books' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Maps, Roads 'Maps, their history, characteristics and uses' -- subject(s): Cartography, Maps 'John Cary' -- subject(s): Bibliography, Catalogs, Maps


What has the author Rodney J Law written?

Rodney J. Law has written: 'Descriptions of three stolen eighteenth century bracket clocks by York makers'


List of century break makers in snooker?

There is no list of century break makers I have been able to find. However, the related link shows the list of those with over 100 centuries.


Who is a family of Italian violin makers who flourished at Cremona in the 16th and 17th centuries?

Andrea Amati, born in 1511


What was the first firearm produced by the firm of of Goldberg?

Impossible to answer. Over the centuries many gun makers/sellers have come and gone and were not documented.


Who is Henry tate and Abrham Lyle?

they where sugar makers and sellers they where sugar makers and sellers they where sugar makers and sellers they where sugar makers and sellers they where sugar makers and sellers Dont know if anyone has mentioned this yet but i believe they where sugar makers and sellers


Who are the makers of papero?

the makers of the papero are NEC