mercury

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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 http://www.astrosociety.org/pubs/mercury/mercury.html
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

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

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)

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