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minus-squaredrislands@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoWhat’s the bottom right image of?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·8 months agoThat is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-squareDnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoI thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-28 months agoSounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”… EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is: “Kvicksilverlikriktare”
minus-squarekuneho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoand sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
minus-squareIron_Lynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoOr its Dutch name: Kwikdampgelijkrichter
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-28 months agoLooks like cherenkov radiation?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoNope, that is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoThat’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoOh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube
minus-squareAngryPancake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-28 months agoIt shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor (I think, I don’t know this exact picture)
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoNope, just plain UV from the mercury arc in the rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
What’s the bottom right image of?
That is a mercury arc rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
I thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
Sounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”…
EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is:
“Kvicksilverlikriktare”
and sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
Or its Dutch name:
Kwikdampgelijkrichter
Looks like cherenkov radiation?
Nope, that is a mercury arc rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
That’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
Oh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube
It shows Cherenkov radiation of a nuclear underwater reactor (I think, I don’t know this exact picture)
Nope, just plain UV from the mercury arc in the rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve