====================================================================== = Mercury = ====================================================================== Introduction ====================================================================== Mercury most commonly refers to: * Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun * Mercury (element), a chemical element * Mercury (mythology), a Roman deity Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to: Companies ====================================================================== * Mercury (toy manufacturer), a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured in Italy * Mercury Communications, a British telecommunications firm set up in the 1980s * Mercury Corporation, an American aircraft manufacturer * Mercury Cyclecar Company, a defunct American car company * Mercury Drug, a Philippine pharmacy chain * Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company in New Zealand * Mercury Filmworks, a Canadian independent animation studio * Mercury General, a multiple-line American insurance organization * Mercury Interactive, a software testing tools vendor * Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly outboard motors * Mercury Systems, a defense-related information technology company * Mercury Technologies, a financial technology company * Mercury Truck & Tractor Company, a defunct English manufacturer of industrial vehicles * Shenzhen Mercury Communication Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese market subsidiary of TP-Link Computing ====================================================================== * Mercury (programming language), a functional logic programming language * Mercury (metadata search system), a data search system for earth science research * Ferranti Mercury, an early 1950s commercial computer * Mercury Browser, a freeware mobile browser * Mercury Mail Transport System, an email server Film and television ====================================================================== * 'Mercury' (film), a 2018 Indian silent horror thriller by Karthik Subbaraj * 'Mercury' (TV series), an Australian television series * Mercury Black, a character in the 'RWBY' web series * Sailor Mercury, a character in the 'Sailor Moon' manga and anime franchise Comics ======== * Mercury (Marvel Comics), a character who can turn herself into a mercurial substance * Makkari (character) or Mercury, an Eternal, a Marvel Comics race of superhumans * Mercury, a member of the Metal Men, a DC Comics team * Mercury, a member of Cerebro's X-Men * Mercury, an Amalgam Comics character Magazines =========== * 'Mercury' (magazine), an astronomy magazine * 'The American Mercury', originally a literary magazine, gradually more political ===Newspapers=== * 'The Mercury' (Hobart), Tasmania, Australia * 'The Mercury' (South Africa), Durban * 'The Mercury' (Pennsylvania), US * 'Mercury' (Newport), Rhode Island, US * 'The Mercury', former name of the 'Reading Mercury' * The Mercury News, San Jose, California daily newspaper * List of newspapers named 'Mercury', for newspapers whose titles include that word Novels ======== * 'Mercury' (Bova novel), a novel by Ben Bova * 'Mercury' (Livesey novel), a novel by Margot Livesey * 'Mercury', a novel by Anna Kavan Music ====================================================================== * Freddie Mercury * Mercury Nashville, a record label * Mercury Records, a record label * Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best album from the United Kingdom * "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' Albums ======== * 'Mercury' (American Music Club album) (1993) * 'Mercury' (Longview album) (2003) * 'Mercury' (Madder Mortem album) (1999) * 'Mercury - Act 1' (2021), by Imagine Dragons * 'Mercury - Acts 1 & 2' (2022), by Imagine Dragons Songs ======= * "Mercury" (song), a 2008 song by Bloc Party * "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from 'Recovering the Satellites' * "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from 'Failer' * "Mercury", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister from 'Planetarium' * "Mercury", a song by Steve Lacy from 'Gemini Rights' Military ====================================================================== * Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during World War II * Boeing E-6 Mercury, an American aircraft used as an airborne command post and communications relay * Miles Mercury, a British aircraft designed during the Second World War * , various vessels or shore establishments of that name * , seven vessels of that name * , an 1820 warship * Mercury (pigeon), honored for bravery during World War II People ====================================================================== * Mercury (name), including a list of people with that surname or given name Places ====================================================================== * Mercury, Savoie, a commune in southeastern France * Mercury Bay, New Zealand * Mercury, a place in Alabama * Mercury, Nevada, a closed city within the Nevada Test Site, United States * Mercury, Texas, United States Plants ====================================================================== * Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus 'Mercurialis' * Annual mercury ('Mercurialis annua'), a species of flowering plant * English mercury, or mercury goosefoot ('Blitum bonus-henricus'), a species of goosefoot Radio ====================================================================== * Mercury FM, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom * Mercury 96.6 or Heart Hertfordshire, a radio station in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Sports ====================================================================== * Edmonton Mercurys, a 1940s and 1950s intermediate ice hockey team from Canada * Fujita Soccer Club Mercury, a Japanese women's football team active from 1989 to 1999 * Memphis Mercury, American women's soccer team * Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from Arizona, United States * Toledo Mercurys, a defunct International Hockey League franchise from Ohio, United States Theatres ====================================================================== * Mercury Cinema, a theatre in Adelaide, Australia * Mercury Theatre (disambiguation), a list of Mercury theatres Air ===== * Blackburn Mercury, a British aircraft from 1911 * Bristol Mercury, a nine-cylinder aircraft engine Land ====== * Mercury (automobile), brand of automobiles produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1938 to 2011 :*List of Mercury vehicles * Mercury (cyclecar), an American cyclecar from 1914 * 'Mercury' (train), a family of New York Central streamliner passenger trains (1936-1958) Sea ===== * , several ships of that name * Cape Cod Mercury 15, an American sailboat design * Mercury 18, an American sailboat design Space ======= * Project Mercury, a United States human spaceflight program, 1958-1963 * Mercury (satellite), a series of American spy satellites Locations ====================================================================== * Mercury Boulevard in Virginia, United States * The Mercury Mall, a shopping centre in Romford, England Other uses ====================================================================== * 'Archer Maclean's Mercury', a 2005 PlayStation Portable video game * Mercury (cipher machine), a 1950s British cipher machine * Shuttle America's callsign See also ====================================================================== * * 'The American Mercury', an American magazine published from 1924 to 1981 * Mercure (disambiguation) * Mercuri, a surname and list of people with the surname * Mercurius (disambiguation) * Mercury 1 (disambiguation) * Mercury 2 (disambiguation) * Mercury 3 (disambiguation) * Mercury 4 (disambiguation) * Mercury 5 (disambiguation) * Mercury 6 (disambiguation) * Mercury 7 (disambiguation) * Mercury 8 (disambiguation) * Mercury City (disambiguation) * Mercury FM (disambiguation) * Mercury House (disambiguation) * Mercury mission (disambiguation) * Mercury program (disambiguation) * Mercury project (disambiguation) * License ========= All content on Gopherpedia comes from Wikipedia, and is licensed under CC-BY-SA License URL: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Original Article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury .