Regarding radioactive "stuff", I've had an old clock - about 50mm in diameter that was on an old motorbike I bought about 30 years ago. Research identifies this as from a WW2 German bomber. It doesn't glow any more but I took it into work to test it with the geiger counter (that is used for checking X-ray emission from equipment) They had only ever heard one or two counts per second. My clock took it up to 100.
Last week I took in my late father's WW2 compass (Magnetic marching MK1) The paint on the dial and mirror has gone red. (the radium has burnt the phosphor years ago) The geiger counter went straight up to the top of the scale. 2000 CPS The room suddenly went VERY quiet. They started talking then of wrapping this in lead and disposing of it. I put my compass back in my pocket (I don't want any more kids) and I left, people avoiding me as I did so. It's now back in my garage. I don't think nixies are as radioactive as this but we should be a little wary of anything "pre 60s" Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4daffd2f-1dad-4803-b6b9-55767a6a2d64%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
