Oh wow, thats sound really interesting! I cant wait to see some photos of these!
On Sunday, 20 January 2013 08:14:47 UTC, Jens Boos wrote: > > Hi, > > yeah, I really should add a manufacturer category. The problem is that > this whole thing is still a static HTML layout and for sorting options I > would need to add PHP in order to make it a little bit more practical for > me. We will see... ;-) > > And I admit, I have been very slow in uploading new Nixie tubes in the > last year which is mainly due to my efforts im making Nixie tubes. Right > now I have to move because I recently switched universities and that is > eating up quite some time too. But I can promise that I have a full box of > Nixie tubes (that is, at least 20 or more), very interesting types. > Japanese tubes, one Indian tube (!), as well as the "N, S, E, W" compass > Inditron by National Union, as well as several other beauties! So: stay > tuned ;-) > > Jens > > > Hello, i have been wondering if you own any other interesting/unusual > tubes that arent listed on your site? > > On Saturday, 19 January 2013 23:20:15 UTC, Jens Boos wrote: >> >> Hi Jakub >> >> thanks! But hey, I think I know this tube ;-) >> >> http://www.jb-electronics.de/html/elektronik/nixies/n_rd125.htm >> >> Jens >> >> Hello, >> sorry for reviving this old topic, I found it by accident when looking >> for informations about one nixie. >> I think it might help you, in attachment is photo of lab sample nixie >> from Ericsson. >> Unfortunately, I don't have any more information about it, it is old >> photo which i download from ebay... >> Jakub >> >> On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:02:16 UTC+2, Jens Boos wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> as some of you may know, besides Nixie tube collecting I am also >>> interested in the history. I am writing an article, and every now and >>> then I stumble upon something that makes me believe that I will most >>> likely never finish it ;-) >>> >>> Here is the confirmed US Nixie tube history: National Union was the >>> first to sell a readout tube product line (1954), although Northrop >>> aircraft filed promising patents as early as Nov 1950; however, these >>> tubes were never manufactured by Northrop (not a single one of these >>> tubes has been found as of today). National Union was closely followed >>> by Burroughs in 1955 who then offered their "Nixie" tube. But National >>> Union beat Burroughs by the nose. >>> >>> Anyway, I was doing some casual research for patents filed by Ericsson, >>> and found patent "GB739041", file is attached. The funny thing is, this >>> baby was filed May 9, 1950, predating the first Northrop patent >>> (US2618697) by more than half a year. The word "improvements" in the >>> patent title suggests that this patent bases on other concepts already >>> around at the time, but I cannot find out which patents it refers to. >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> The most interesting thing is that Ericsson was probably the first >>> company that commercialised the idea of a Nixie tube (and thus thought >>> it worth to be patent-protected, that is the logic here). >>> >>> I feel that the European history of the Nixie tube needs further >>> research. Has anyone been able to piece together the European side of >>> the story? >>> >>> To be honest, I don't know if this patent is an entirely new discovery, >>> but I could not find it on Randall's page: >>> http://www.scientificsolutions.ca/patents.htm >>> >>> Jens >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/uEimor0-pZQJ. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:>. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/Nem6o_UVyjUJ. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/04IzY-wxz04J. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
