24 Mar
2006
24 Mar
'06
12:16 p.m.
I don't believe that anyone's mentioned
mercury arc rectifiers yet as one
application of mercury (and of course fascinating to watch!). (Did any early
Nobody's mentioned thyratrons (gas-filled triodes/tetrodes) either. I
suspect the thyratrons used in ring counters, etc, were always inert gas
(and not mercury vapour) ones, does anyone know for sure?
-tony