The Manchester Mercury was a Tory newspaper based in Manchester, England that was published from 1752 until 1830. The founder was Joseph Harrop, who was...
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holding 4096×40-bits. The first of an eventual 19 Mercury computers was delivered in August 1957. Manchester University received one in February 1958, leasing...
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Autocode (redirect from Mercury Autocode)
developed an autocode for the Ferranti Mercury in the 1950s in conjunction with the University of Manchester. Mercury Autocode had a limited repertoire of...
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Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead...
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least alteration". The neighbour was Joseph Harrop, who published the Manchester Mercury, a weekly newspaper in which Raffald had advertised extensively. She...
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The Mercury Prize, formerly called the Mercury Music Prize, is an annual music prize awarded for the best album released by a musical act from the United...
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Edgeley (redirect from Edgeley, Stockport, Greater Manchester)
[citation needed] On 27 November 1792, an advertisement appeared in the Manchester Mercury to let land at Edgeley as: An Eligible situation for Bleach Ground...
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and Industrial Lancashire, 1600–1780. Manchester: Manchester University Press. pp. 433–448. Manchester Mercury, reported on 5 November 1754 Rejali, Darius...
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original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021. "Miscellanea". Manchester Mercury. 26 March 1816. p. 3. U.S. patent 233,235 U.S. patent 258,293 "Staffordshire...
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"Barcelona" is a single released by Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury and operatic soprano Montserrat Caballé. A part of their collaborative album Barcelona...
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Masonic Lodges..." The Manchester Mercury. 23 August 1814. p. 4. "Under the immediate patronage of F. D. Astley..." Manchester Mercury. 6 May 1823. p. 1....
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Elbow (band) (category Musical groups from Greater Manchester)
rock band formed (initially under a different name) in Bury, Greater Manchester, in 1990. The band consists of Guy Garvey (lead vocals, guitar), Craig...
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Leicester Mercury Leybourne Voice Lincolnshire Echo Liverpool Echo The Liverpool Post London Evening Standard Lynn News Manchester Evening News The Mercury (Lichfield...
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List of Reach plc titles (redirect from Bexley Mercury)
reporters and editor. East Midlands Derby Telegraph Hinckley Times Leicester Mercury Lincolnshire Echo Nottingham Post Retford Times Glossop Advertiser (sister...
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The Manchester computers were an innovative series of stored-program electronic computers developed during the 30-year period between 1947 and 1977 by...
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Denton is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, five miles (8 km) east of Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, it had a...
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-2.2959 The Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal...
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1827). "Manchester new market". Leeds, UK: The Leeds Mercury. Taken from information signage in Sinclair's "A-Z of Listed Buildings in Manchester: Listed...
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A mercury-arc valve or mercury-vapor rectifier or (UK) mercury-arc rectifier is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high-voltage or high-current...
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dates: Manchester Mercury 18 November 1766, p.4; Kentish Gazette 17 July 1770, p.1; Kentish Gazette 7 February 1778, p.1; Northampton Mercury 22 June...
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Stamford Mercury. 28 February 1806. "Law Report – Court of King's Bench – Torture in the Island of Trinidad – The King vs Thomas Picton Esq". Manchester Mercury...
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24. Chisholm 1911. Aspin 1995, p. 70. "Opening of the Railway". Manchester Mercury (3658): 2. 21 September 1830. Retrieved 24 January 2021. Garfield...
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City players will start next season as duo's future debated". Leicester Mercury. 23 February 2024. "Wilfred Ndidi extends Leicester City stay". Leicester...
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The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the University...
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Champions League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich in Barcelona. In addition to the two solo albums, Mercury released several singles, including...
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lieutenants, six sergeants and 148 privates. "NEW ASSOCIATED COMPANIES". Manchester Mercury. 2 May 1780. Retrieved 10 July 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive...
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The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman. The company...
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A mercury vapour turbine is a form of heat engine that uses mercury as the working fluid of its thermal cycle. A mercury vapour turbine has been used in...
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Parliament, 1692-1800, Ulster Historical Foundation, Vol, IV, pp. 483-485; Manchester Mercury, 19 February 1782, p. 1. Greene, "The Trials of Richard Daly and John...
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Dan Tiernan (category Comedians from Manchester)
Tiernan (born 1996) is a British stand-up comedian and actor from Didsbury, Manchester . In 2022, he was named "British Comedian of the Year", and won the BBC...
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