Mercury
Mercury denotes in the field of technology:
- Mercury (crystallography program), a program for the analysis of crystal structures
- Mercury (programming language), pure declarative logic programming language
- Mercury (software), software test management company, part of Hewlett Packard
- Mercury Computer Systems, US-American computer manufacturer
- Mercury Datum, a geodetic model of the earth for astronomical purposes.
- Mercury Interactive, Israeli software company, meanwhile taken over by HP
- Mercury Marine, US manufacturer of outboard engines
- Mercury MTS, mail server software
- Mercury program, first manned space program of the USA (1958-1963)
- Bristol Mercury, aircraft engine series of the Bristol Aircraft Company
- Mercury, former name of the cruise ship Mein Schiff 2 of TUI Cruises GmbH, Hamburg.
- Short p.20 Mercury see Short Mayo Composite
and especially in the automotive industry:
- Mercury (car brand), former US brand of the Ford Motor Company (1939-2010)
- Mercury Cars Inc., former US automobile manufacturer (1918-1920)
- Mercury Cars Limited, former British car manufacturer (1914-1923)
- Mercury Cyclecar Company, former US automobile manufacturer (1913-1914)
- Mercury Machine Company, former US automobile manufacturer (1903-1904)
- Mercury Motorsport & Engineering Company, former British car manufacturer (1993-1998)
- Morrow-Mercury Motor Car Company, former US automobile manufacturer (1912)
- Ivanhoe Motor Company former British car manufacturer (1905-1909) with the brand name Mercury (1905-1906)
Mercury also denotes:
- Mercury - the young magazine, youth magazine
- Mercury (cigarette brand)
- Mercury City Tower, skyscraper in Moscow
- Mercury NZ Limited, a state-owned energy and power supply company in New Zealand
- Mercury Prize, annual British award for the best music album
- Mercury Records, US-American record company (from 1945)
- Mercury Theatre, theatre company founded by Orson Welles in New York (1937)
- Phoenix Mercury, a WNBA basketball team
the surname of the following persons:
- Daniela Mercury (* 1965), Brazilian singer
- Freddie Mercury (1946-1991), British musician, lead singer of the rock group Queen
- Joey Mercury (* 1979), US-American professional wrestler
Locations:
- Mercury (Alabama), place in Alabama, USA
- Mercury (Nevada), a settlement northwest of Las Vegas in Nevada, USA
- Mercury (Savoie), French commune
- Mercury (Texas), place in Texas, USA
- Mercury Bluff, cliff on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Mercury Island, rocky island on the South Atlantic coast of Namibia
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