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minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·edit-26 months agoLooks like cherenkov radiation?
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoNope, that is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-squareXavienth@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 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
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