Mercury

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 [1]
• Mercury (computer) – developed in the early 1950s by Ferranti and University of Manchester computing department
• Good King Henry – a species of goosefoot also called mercury or English mercury

Culture

• 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

Technology

• 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)
• Mercury (company) – a software and consulting company