Where does the term "thieving" come from? Not having a board-fab background, I guess at it. But it was explained to me that thieving uses etchant that otherwise would work elsewhere on a board. One could say thieving steals etchant from other places. I am fully prepared to be shown wrong, probably as soon as I get over to the Web and look it up! I would not be surprised to find it was Norman French, from an ancient term used by the guild of engravers.
Cortland ====================== Original Message Follows ==================== >> Date: 18-Jan-01 08:42:02 MsgID: 1077-22196 ToID: 72146,373 From: [email protected] >INTERNET:[email protected] Subj: RE: [Fwd: [SI-LIST] : Copper balance] Chrg: $0.00 Imp: Norm Sens: Std Receipt: No Parts: 1 From: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Fwd: [SI-LIST] : Copper balance] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 11:41:59 -0500 Do you know the origin of the term "thieving" for copper thieving? I am curious, and just a little dense this morning; thieving implies stealing? Who or what is stealing what? Is something stealing copper or is copper stealing something else? What do you have in your colorful archives? ====================== End of Original Message ===================== ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Jim Bacher: [email protected] Michael Garretson: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected]
