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  1. Mercury
    (Chenopodium) These hardy annuals or perennials may be grown for decoration and some kinds are vegetables. They come from various parts of the world such as Europe and China and are naturalized in America.…
    Found on http://www.botany.com/chenopodium.html

  2. Mercury
    First planet from the sun, a terrestrial planet.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  3. Mercury
    The unofficial nickname given to the Winged Liberty Head dime of 1916-45. The designer never intended the coin to depict Mercury, a male Greek god with wings on his ankles. The bust on the dime is an allegorical female Liberty Head figure with a winged cap. Also, some coins have been plated outside ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/10143

  4. mercury
    [n] - a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element 2. [n] - (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce 3. [n] - the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun 4. [n] - temperature measured by a mercury thermometer
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Mercury
    a metal, component of amalgam fillings.
    Found on http://www.cosmeticdentistryguide.co.uk/

  6. Mercury
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY ORBITAL DATA
    Average dist.from Sun (AU) - 0.387
    Min. distance from Sun (AU) - 0.307
    Max. distance from Sun (AU) - 0.467
    Eccentricity of orbit - 0.206
    Inclination to ecliptic(°) - 7.00
    SOLAR SYSTEM - PLANETARY PE...
    Found on http://www.delscope.demon.co.uk/astronom

  7. Mercury
    The planet nearest to the sun in our solar system.Click on an item to paste into clipboard or use clipboard symbol at end to clipboard all values Equatorial diameter 4878000 mClip Average Density 5420 kgm-3Clip Axial tilt 2 degreesClip Rotational period 58.65 hoursClip Average surface tem...
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  8. Mercury
    In Roman mythology, a god of commerce and gain, and messenger of the gods. He was identified with the Greek Hermes, and similarly represented with winged sandals and a winged...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  9. Mercury
    Mercury is a naturally-occurring element which is present in various ores. The major mined source in Europe has been in Spain (Almadén). Mercury has been used for 100 years in electrolytic chlorine production, is gradually being phased out in favour of membrane technology. Voluntary conversion of a...
    Found on http://www.eurochlor.org/mainglossary

  10. Mercury
    Series of 7½ ton, air-portable, 4x2 trucks, AEC [UK]
    Found on http://www.jedsite.info/index.html

  11. mercury
    chemical element: atomic number 80 Category: Chemistry • A liquid metal used in compounds and industry,and which is toxic to the nervous system when inhaled or ingested,as in Minamata disease Category: Management in the public and private sector
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  12. Mercury
    You may not be into heavy-metal music, but if you are a fish eater, heavy metals are inside you. The omega-3 fatty acids in big, deep-ocean fish are good for the heart, but the flesh of fish at the top of the pelagic food chain also tends to be laced with pollutants. Chief among them: mercury, which...
    Found on http://www.time.com/time/covers/11010301

  13. Mercury
    Mer'cu·ry noun [ Latin Mercurius ; akin to merx wares.] 1. (Rom. Myth.) A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower worl...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/49

  14. Mercury
    Mer'cu·ry transitive verb To wash with a preparation of mercury. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/49

  15. mercury
    1. <astronomy> The first planet in order from the sun. It has no known natural satellites. It is one of the four inner or terrestrial planets of the solar system. It is the planet nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. mercury
    noun temperature measured by a mercury thermometer; `the mercury was falling rapidly`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. mercury
    quicksilver noun a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. Mercury
    noun the smallest planet and the nearest to the sun
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. Mercury
    noun (Roman mythology) messenger of Jupiter and god of commerce; counterpart of Greek Hermes
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. mercury
    (Hg) (mur´kūr-e) a chemical element, atomic number 80, atomic weight 200.59. Mercury forms two sets or classes of compounds: mercurous, in which a single atom of mercury combines with a monovalent radical, and mercuric, in which a single atom of mercury combines with a bivalent radical. Mercury and...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  21. Mercury
    • (v. t.) To wash with a preparation of mercury. • (n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness. • (n.) One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its ...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  22. Mercury
    (from the article `Giambologna`) ...Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence), while uncluttered and monumental, is even more complex. The composition is subtly designed so that it can be viewed ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/73

  23. Mercury
    (from the article `Ford Motor Company`) ...in 1932 by the first Ford V-8. In 1922 Ford had acquired the Lincoln Motor Company (founded 1917), which would produce Ford`s luxury Lincolns and ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/73

  24. Mercury
    in Roman religion, god of merchandise and merchants, commonly identified with the Greek Hermes, fleet-footed messenger of the gods. His worship was ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/73

  25. mercury
    (genus Mercurialis), group of eight annual and perennial weedy flowering-plant species of the spurge family (Euphorbiaceae), native to Europe, Asia, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/73



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10 February 2012

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On 10th February 1996, a computer, Deep Blue, beat Russian Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player on the planet, and mankind’s place in the order of things was reshuffled. The match immediately became an iconic symbol of the advances made in artificial intelligence and supercomputing. Kasparov has since retired, like Deep Blue, which now resides in a museum. He has become a vocal advocate for democracy in today’s Russia. read more

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