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'''Mercury''' commonly refers to:
* [[Mercury (mythology)]], a Roman god
* [[Mercury (planet)]], the nearest planet to the Sun in the solar system
* [[Mercury (element)]], the chemical element (also called ''quicksilver'')
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'''Mercury''' may also refer to:
== Architecture ==
* [[Mercury City Tower]], a Moscow, Russian skyscraper
* [[Mercury Court]], a large office building in Liverpool, England
== The Arts ==
===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
=== Books ===
* [[Mercury (novel)|''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
=== 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
* [[Mercury (Bloc Party song)]], 2008 track by British band, [[Bloc Party]]
* [[Mercury (album)|''Mercury'' (album)]], an album by Long-View
* [[Mercury (American Music Club album)|''Mercury'' (American Music Club album)]]
* [[Mercury (Madder Mortem album)|''Mercury'' (Madder Mortem album)]]
* [[Mercury (song)|"Mercury" (Counting Crows song)]], a song by Counting Crows from ''Recovering the Satellites''
* [[Mercury4 (album)]], the 2004 debut album by Melbourne, Australia band Mercury4
* [[Project Mercury (album)]], a split album from two American bands
=== 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 (magazine)|''Mercury'' (magazine)]], an astronomy magazine
* [[Mercury (Newport)|''Mercury'' (Newport)]], a newspaper in Rhode Island
* [[Mercury (Pennsylvania)|''Mercury'' (Pennsylvania)]], a newspaper in Pennsylvania, United States
* [[Mercury 96.6]], a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
* [[Mercury News|''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)|''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
===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
===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 Rising]], a United States 1998 action thriller feature film
* [[Red Mercury (film)]], a 2005 United Kingdom film
== Food & drink ==
* Mercury Cider, an alcoholic beverage produced by [[Cascade Brewery]]
== History ==
* [[Operation Mercury]], codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II
== People==
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* [[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
===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
===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 Rangers and Ranger-like allies|other Power Rangers]]
* Mercury, a member of the [[Metal Men]], a DC comics team
== 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
== Science ==
* [[Inch of mercury]], a measuring unit for pressure utilizing the element mercury
=== Botany ===
* [[Dog's Mercury]], a spring flower found in Europe
* [[Mercury (plant)]], members of the plant genus ''Mercurialis''
=== 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
== Technology ==
=== Computer hardware, software and systems ===
* [[Ferranti Mercury]], an early 1950s commercial computer
* [[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
=== 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
=== 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
=== 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
=== 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:
** [[Mercury-Atlas]]
** [[Mercury-Jupiter]]
** [[Mercury-Redstone]]
** [[Mercury-Scout]]
=== Transportation ===
====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 Mayo Composite#Short S.20 Mercury specifications|Short S.20 Mercury]], a piggyback long-range seaplane/flying boat combination
====Land vehicles====
* [[Mercury (automobile)]], a marque of automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company
* [[Mercury (cyclecar)]], a United States cyclecar from 1914
====Water vehicles====
* [[HMS Mercury|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|USS ''Mercury'']], the name of several ships of the United States Navy
== 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
=== 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|Shuttle America Airlines]]
== See also ==
* [[Mercurius (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury 1|Mercury 1 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury 2|Mercury 2 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury 3|Mercury 3 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury 4|Mercury 4 (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury chloride|Mercury chloride (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury House|Mercury House (disambiguation)]]
* [[Mercury program (disambiguation)]]
* [[Red mercury (disambiguation)]]
* [[The Mercury|The Mercury (disambiguation)]]
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