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Mercury
Mercury may refer to many different things:
Science
- Mercury (planet) - in astronomy, the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
- Project Mercury - in astronautics, an early American program for launching humans into space
- Mercury (element) - in chemistry, a chemical element
- Mercury (magazine) - a popular astronomy magazine published by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific [1]
- Mercury (computer) - developed in the early 1950's by Ferranti and University of Manchester computing department
- Good King Henry - a species of goosefoot also called mercury or English mercury
Culture
- Mercury (mythology) - a Roman god
- Freddie Mercury - in rock music, a singer from the group Queen
- Mercury Drug - Philippine drug store chain
- Mercury Records - in the music industry, a commercial record label
- The Mercury - a newspaper published in Hobart, Australia
- Mercury dime - a coin preceding the current dime in the United States
- Mercury, France - a commune in the Savoie département of France
- Mercury, Nevada - a "town" in the US State of Nevada
- Mercury, the Winged Messenger - in music, a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets suite
Technology
- Mercury (automobile) - a marque of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company
- Bristol Mercury - in aeronautics, a 9-cylinder aircraft engine
- Mercury programming language - in computing, a programming language
- Mercury - SMS Sending Program - a program that sends SMS messages
- Mercury Communications - a now-defunct British telco
- Mercury outboard motors - in boating, a manufacturer of outboard motors
- Mercury memory - in computers, kind of delay line memory, in use in 50's (UNIVAC I)
- Mercury (company) - a software and consulting company
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