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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