Mercury (cipher machine)
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mercury-cipher-machine-203-742217
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Mercury (cipher machine)
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Mercury was a British cipher machine used by the Air Ministry from 1950 until at least the early 1960s. Mercury was an online rotor machine descended from Typex, but modified to achieve a longer cycle length using a so-called double-drum basket system.
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British cipher machine
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(cipher_machine)
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2022-08-27T18:29:20Z
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