28 Sep
2012
28 Sep
'12
2:23 p.m.
On 09/28/2012 12:44 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Indeed. And _I_ would call that a 'nixie' tube
(generic use), but not a
'Nixie' tube (trademark use) :-)
One of the oddities of Chinese technical language seems to be the use of
the term "Nixie tube" for any seven-segment display. There are a couple
of Chinese patents that use this terminology and they involve LEDs.
Probably similar to the British referring to any vacuum cleaner as a
"hoover" and even verbing the word. In the US, "Hoover" is not
synonymous with vacuum cleaner and can refer to the appliance, the
president of that name or the dam on the lower Colorado river.
In particular, my copy of "De Re Metallica" is an English translation by
Lou and Herbert Hoover.
--Chuck