Mercury
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Mercury commonly refers to:
- Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
- Mercury (element), the chemical element (also called quicksilver)
- Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury may also refer to:
[edit] Architecture
- Mercury City Tower, a Moscow, Russian skyscraper
- Mercury Court, a large office building in Liverpool, England
[edit] The Arts
[edit] Art
- Brig "Mercury" Attacked by Two Turkish Ships, an 1892 oil on canvas painting
- Mercury fountain, a 1930s sculpture designed by the American artist Alexander Calder
- Mercury House (London building), an office building in London, England
[edit] Books
- Lucky Starr and the Big Sun of Mercury, the fourth novel in the Lucky Starr series
- Marooned on Mercury, a Dan Dare comic story from 1952
- Mercury (novel), a novel by Ben Bova
- Mercury in fiction, a list of the uses of the planet Mercury in science fiction stories
- Mercury in the fiction of Leigh Brackett, a list of the uses of the planet Mercury in stories by Leigh Brackett
- Mission to Mercury, a science fiction novel published in the United Kingdom in 1965
- Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Mutant Mosquitos from Mercury, a children's book
[edit] Music
- "Mercury" (Kathleen Edwards song), the sixth track off Kathleen Edwards' debut album Failer
- "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's The Planets suite
- Daniela Mercury (album), 1991 album by Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury
- Daniela Mercury discography, discography of Brazilian singer Daniela Mercury
- Deadly Sting: The Mercury Years, compilation album by the German band Scorpions
- Freddie Mercury discography, discography of British singer Freddie Mercury
- Mercury (album), an album by Long-View
- Mercury (American Music Club album)
- Mercury (Madder Mortem album)
- "Mercury" (Counting Crows song), a song by Counting Crows from Recovering the Satellites
- Mercury Falling, the fifth studio album released by Sting
- Mercury4 (album), the 2004 debut album by Melbourne, Australia band Mercury4
- My Mercury Mouth EP, an album from The Chemical Brothers released in 1994
- Project Mercury (album), a split album from two American bands
- See You on the Other Side (Mercury Rev album), the third album by[Mercury Rev, released in 1995
- The Essential Mercury Rev: Stillness Breathes 1991-2006, a double disc compilation album by Mercury Rev
- The Freddie Mercury Album, a posthumous solo project with material from deceased vocalist Freddie Mercury
- Thin Mercury Sound, a 2004 album released by Caviar
[edit] Media
- 102.7 Mercury FM, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
- Anna Mercury, a comic mini-series
- Clevedon Mercury, a weekly free newspaper in England
- Guelph Mercury, a Canadian newspaper
- Hertfordshire's Mercury 96.6, an independent local radio station in England
- Illawarra Mercury, a daily newspaper in Australia
- Leicester Mercury, a United Kingdom regional newspaper
- London Mercury, a list of periodicals named London Mercury published in London
- Maitland Mercury, Australia's oldest regional newspaper
- Matlock Mercury, a United Kingdom newspaper
- Medford Daily Mercury, an independent five-day newspaper in Massachusetts, United States
- Mercury (Israel magazine), a Hebrew language science fiction magazine in Israel
- Mercury (magazine), an astronomy magazine
- Mercury (Newport), a newspaper in Rhode Island
- Mercury (Pennsylvania), a newspaper in Pennsylvania, United States
- Mercury 96.6, a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Mercury News, a newspaper in San Jose, CA
- Quebec Mercury, a defunct 19th Century weekly newspaper published in Quebec City, Canada
- San Jose Mercury News, a daily newspaper in California, United States
- Sherborne Mercury, a defunct newspaper from Dorset United Kingdom
- St. Arnaud Mercury, a newspaper in Victoria, Australia
- Staffordshire Mercury, a newspaper that was published in Staffordshire, England
- Sunday Mercury, a newspaper in Birmingham, United Kingdom
- The American Mercury, a defunct American literary magazine
- The Mercury (Hobart), a newspaper in Hobart, Australia
- The Mercury (South Africa), a English language newspaper published in Durban, South Africa
- The Portland Mercury, an alternative weekly newspaper published in Oregon, United States
- The Somerset Mercury, a regional newspaper in Somerset, England
- The Weston & Somerset Mercury, a weekly paid for newspaper in Somerset, England
[edit] Sports
- 2008 Phoenix Mercury season, 12th WNBA season for the Phoenix Mercury
[edit] Theater
- Mercury Fur, a 2005 London, England premiered adult stage play by Philip Ridley
- Mercury Theatre, a theatre company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman
- Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemists, a 17th century English renaissance play
[edit] Video
- Archer Maclean's Mercury, a video game for the PlayStation Portable
- Mercury Man (film), a 2006 superhero martial arts action film from Thailand
- Mercury Meltdown Revolution, a computer puzzle video game]
- Mercury Meltdown, a PlayStation Portable video game
- Mercury Pookkal, a Tamil language film
- Mercury Rising, a United States 1998 action thriller feature film
- Red Mercury (film), a 2005 United Kingdom film
- Shadow Ops: Red Mercury, a video game
- The Boy from Mercury, a 1996 Irish Film
[edit] Food & drink
- Mercury Cider, an alcoholic beverage produced by Cascade Brewery
[edit] History
- Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II
- The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, a 1992 open-air concert held in London, England
[edit] People
- Adam Birch, a professional wrestler with the stage name Joey Mercury
- Daniela Mercury, Brazilian singer
- Freddie Mercury, singer of the rock group Queen
- Mercury Hayes, a former professional American football wide receiver born in 1973
- Mercury Morris, a former American football running back born in 1947
[edit] Groups
- Edmonton Mercurys, a 1940s and 50s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada
- Greetings From Mercury, a Belgian jazz fusion band
- List of Mercury Records artists, a list of acts that have recorded for recording company Mercury Records
- Mercury 13, a name for the 13 American women who underwent screening tests in the 1950s for [[Project Mercury
- Mercury Rev, an American rock music band formed in the late 1980s
- Mercury Seven, a group of seven Project Mercury NASA astronauts formed in 1959
- Mercury Tide, a German power metal band
- Mercury Tilt Switch, a rock band from Dundee, Scotland
- Mercury4, a Melbourne, Australia band
- Our Mercury, a Canadian indie rock band
- Owen Sound Mercurys, a defunct Canadian ice hockey team
- Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States
- The Mercury Program, a United States musical group from Florida, United States
- Toledo Mercurys, a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States
[edit] Fictional
- Max Mercury, a DC Comics fictional superhero
- Mercury (Amalgam Comics), an Amalgam Comics character
- Mercury (comics), a list comic fictional characters named Mercury
- Mercury (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
- Mercury Man, a fictional superhero from Charlton Comics
- Mercurymon, a fictional character from the Digimon media franchise
- Mike Mercury, the chief test pilot of the Supercar team
- Sailor Mercury or Ami Mizuno, one of the Sailor Senshi from the anime/manga, Sailor Moon
- Mercury Ranger, one of the other Power Rangers
- Mercury, a member of the Metal Men, a DC comics team
[edit] Places
- Mercury Bay, a large V-shaped bay in New Zealand
- Mercury Boulevard, a road in Virginia, United States
- Mercury Islands, an island off the northeast coast of New Zealand
- Mercury, Nevada, United States
- Mercury, Savoie, a village in France
[edit] Science
- Inch of mercury, a measuring unit for pressure utilizing the element mercury
[edit] Astronomy
- Atmosphere of Mercury, atmosphere of the planet Mercury
- Boethius (crater on Mercury), a geological formation on the planet Mercury
- Geology of Mercury, rocks, soil, and other solid matter of the planet Mercury
- Kuiper (crater on Mercury), a geological formation on the planet Mercury
- List of albedo features on Mercury, a list large areas on the surface of the planet Mercury
- List of craters on Mercury, a list of landform openings in the planet Mercury
- List of geological features on Mercury, a list of mountains, valleys, and other landforms of the planet Mercury
- List of Mercury-crossing asteroids, a list of asteroids whose orbit crosses that of the planet Mercury
- List of quadrangles on Mercury, list of geographical quadrangles of the surface of the planet Mercury
- Mercury's moon, a moon orbiting the planet Mercury
- Schubert (crater on Mercury), a geological formation on the planet Mercury
- Sullivan (crater on Mercury), a geological formation on the planet Mercury
- Transit of Mercury from Jupiter, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from the planet Jupiter
- Transit of Mercury from Mars, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from the planet Mars
- Transit of Mercury from Saturn, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from the planet Saturn
- Transit of Mercury from Uranus, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from the planet Uranus
- Transit of Mercury from Venus, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from the planet Venus
- Transit of Mercury, movement of the planet Mercury across the Sun as seen from Earth
[edit] Botany
- Dog's Mercury, a spring flower found in Europe
- Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus Mercurialis
[edit] Chemistry
Specific compounds of Mercury are listed in Category:Mercury compounds.
- Isotopes of mercury, different forms of the element mercury
- Mercury beating heart, an electro chemical reaction of the element mercury to iron and an electrolyte
- Mercury poisoning, a disease caused by exposure to the element mercury or its toxic compounds
- Mercury(II) reductase, or mercuric reductase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of mercury
- Red mercury, a substance of debatable existence purportedly used in weapons systems
[edit] Technology
[edit] Computer hardware, software and systems
- Ferranti Mercury, an early 1950s commercial computer
- Mercury (computer), developed in the early 1950s by Ferranti and the University of Manchester computing department
- Mercury (programming language), a functional/logical programming language based on Prolog
- Mercury Autocode, a high-level language run by the Ferranti/Manchester computer
- Mercury Mail Transport System, email server
- Mercury memory, kind of delay line memory, in use in the 1950s
- Mercury Messenger (formerly called dMSN) is an MSN based Instant Messaging client developed under Java
- Mercury OS, a real-time operating system for embedded systems
- MercuryBoard, a bulletin board software system
[edit] Devices
- Mercury (cipher machine), a British cipher machine used from the 1950s
- Mercury vacuum, a vacuum cleaner specifically designed to collect spills and vapors of the element mercury
- Mercury vapour turbine, a rotary engine to produce electricity from mercury vapor
- Mercury-in-glass thermometer, a thermometer having the element of mercury in a glass tube
[edit] Electrical
- Mercury arc valve, a rectifier device intended for high electrical voltages/currents
- Mercury battery, an electrochemical battery
- Mercury coulometer, an electro analytical chemistry device that determines the amount of matter transformed during a mercury reaction
- Mercury probe, an electrical probing device to sample for electrical characterization
- Mercury switch, a electrical circuit, on-off switch using the element mercury
- Mercury swivel commutator, a electrical circuit, current-reversing switch using the element mercury
- Mercury-vapor lamp, a gas discharge lamp that uses the element mercury in an excited state to produce light
[edit] Optical
- Mercury glass, a variety of reflective products having the element mercury sandwiched between two glass panes
- Mercury laser, a high-average-power laser system using the element mercury
- Mercury mirror, a parabolic shape telescope dish having a layer of reflective mercury
- Mercury silvering, a technique to apply a thin layer of a precious metal to a base metal object
[edit] Space
- Colonization of Mercury, efforts to colonize the planet Mercury
- Exploration of Mercury, efforts to explore the planet Mercury
- Mercury (satellite), the name of a series of three United States satellites launched in the 1990s
- Project Mercury, an early American program for launching humans into space. Specific subprojects included:
[edit] Transportation
[edit] Air vehicles
- Bristol Mercury, a 9-cylinder aircraft engine
- Blackburn Mercury, British aircraft from 1911
- E-6 Mercury, a United States military aircraft
- Miles Mercury, a British aircraft designed during the Second World War
- Short S.20 Mercury, a piggyback long-range seaplane/flying boat combination
[edit] Land vehicles
- Mercury (automobile), a marque of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company
- Mercury (cyclecar), a United States cyclecar from 1914
[edit] Water vehicles
- HMS Mercury or HMS Mercure, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
- MV Celebrity Mercury, a cruise ship built in 1997
- USS Mercury, the name of several ships of the United States Navy
[edit] Society
- Got Mercury?, a United States public awareness campaign about levels of the element mercury in seafood
- HMS Mercury (shore establishment), a Royal Navy military school
- Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year, a United Kingdom comedian award
- Mercury dime, a coin preceding the current dime in the United States
- Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom
- Mercury-containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, a 1996 United States law to phase out the use of mercury in batteries
- Red Mercury, an Austrian postage stamp for the mailing of newspapers
- The Mercury Award, an international airline award for in-flight catering
[edit] Business
- Conrail Mercury, an intermodal service formerly operated by Conrail
- Debmar-Mercury, a Canadian television syndication company
- Lincoln-Mercury, an automobile division the Ford Motor Company
- Mercury Brewing Company, a Massachusetts, United States beverage production company
- Mercury Communications, a now-defunct British telecommunications company
- Mercury Computer Systems, an embedded digital signal and image processing solutions provider
- Mercury Drug, a Philippine drug store chain
- Mercury Energy, an energy company in New Zealand
- Mercury Games, a London-based computer and video games publisher
- Mercury House (publishers), a trade book publishing company based in San Francisco, California, United States
- Mercury Insurance Group, an American automobile and property insurance company
- Mercury Interactive, a software and consulting company (subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard)
- Mercury Lounge, a music venue in New York City
- Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines and propulsion systems
- Mercury Policy Project, an organization that works to promote policies to control the distribution of the element mercury
- Mercury Records Australia, a record label launched in Australia in 2007
- Mercury Records, a record label
- MercurySteam, a game software development company based in Madrid, Spain
- Red Mercury LLC, a video game company founded in 1999 in Chicago, Illinois
- The Mercury Phoenix Trust, a charity organization that fights AIDS worldwide
- Mercury, the callsign for Shuttle America Airlines