The Reading Mercury was a weekly newspaper covering the county of Berkshire and neighbouring Oxfordshire, founded and based in the town of Reading. Published...
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up Mercury or mercury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mercury most commonly refers to: Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun Mercury (element)...
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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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Mercury is a chemical element; it has symbol Hg and atomic number 80. It is also known as quicksilver and was formerly named hydrargyrum (/haɪˈdrɑːrdʒərəm/...
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a calibrated reading on the ground. In the United States, Canada and Japan, these altimeter readings are provided in inches of mercury, but most other...
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Barometer (redirect from Mercury barometer)
the instrument will reduce the density of the mercury, the scale for reading the height of the mercury is adjusted to compensate for this effect. The...
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as 136, while others, along with a contemporary scorecard from the Reading Mercury list it as 138. Minshull was also taking part in this game, but only...
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On 24 November 1991, British musician and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died from bronchial pneumonia at his home in Kensington. He had exhibited HIV/AIDS...
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History of women's cricket (section Further reading)
The Reading Mercury on 26 July 1745 and a match that took place between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon near Guildford in Surrey. The Mercury reported:...
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Online reference Reading Mercury - Monday 02 February 1795, p. 3. English Heritage List. “Prospect Park” Online reference Reading Mercury - Monday 2 October...
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The Mercury Marauder is an automobile nameplate that was used for three distinct full-size cars produced by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company...
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The mercury-in-glass or mercury thermometer is a thermometer that uses the thermal expansion and contraction of liquid mercury to indicate the temperature...
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as a vertical difference between the mercury levels in two connected reservoirs. An actual mercury column reading may be converted to more fundamental...
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Mercury, a regional newspaper London Mercury, a list of periodicals published in London Matlock Mercury Reading Mercury, a defunct newspaper which was published...
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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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The Mercury M-Series is a series of pickup trucks that was marketed by the Mercury division of Ford Motor Company. Produced from 1947 to 1968, the Mercury...
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A mercury-vapor lamp is a gas-discharge lamp that uses an electric arc through vaporized mercury to produce light. The arc discharge is generally confined...
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Red mercury is a discredited substance, most likely a hoax perpetrated by con artists who sought to take advantage of gullible buyers on the black market...
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The Mercury Grand Marquis is an automobile that was produced by Mercury from the 1975 until 2011 model years. Introduced as the flagship sub-model of...
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Bull-baiting (section Further reading)
Baiting". Reading Mercury. 19 December 1774. p. 2. "____". Hampshire Chronicle. 25 December 1780. p. 3. "Bull Baiting". Northampton Mercury. 8 August...
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The Mercury Sable is a range of automobiles manufactured and marketed by the Mercury brand of Ford Motor Company. Introduced on December 26, 1985, as the...
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム 水星の魔女, Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu: Suisei no Majo) is a Japanese mecha anime series and...
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The Stamford Mercury (also the Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, the Rutland and Stamford Mercury, and the Rutland Mercury) based in Stamford, Lincolnshire...
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Anderson" or "Amy Mizuno" in some English adaptations), better known as Sailor Mercury (セーラーマーキュリー, Sērā Mākyurī) is a fictional character in the Sailor Moon...
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Palmistry (redirect from Palm reading)
practice of fortune-telling through the study of the palm. Also known as palm reading, chiromancy, chirology or cheirology, the practice is found all over the...
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When Hambledon played Kent at Broadhalfpenny in August 1768, the Reading Mercury reported: "what is very remarkable, one Mr Small, of Petersfield, fetched...
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thinking about labourers' cottages and accompanying allotments. The Reading Mercury reported the Burghclere project on Saturday, 30 October 1869: "BURGHCLERE...
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Mercury was the name used by the New York Central Railroad for a family of daytime streamliner passenger trains operating between midwestern cities. The...
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The Mercury Seven were the group of seven astronauts selected to fly spacecraft for Project Mercury. They are also referred to as the Original Seven and...
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Mercury Browser is a discontinued freeware mobile browser for Android, developed by iLegendSoft. Mercury Browser uses the Webkit engine.[citation needed]...
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