The "spirit of air" is mentioned in the Ariel Motocycle on Wiki as the source of their name based on the fact they implemented very light (as air) wire spoked wheels on cycles in the late 1890's. In this case I think it seems to come from a character in Shakespeare's plays, notably The Tempest.
This also seems to be the nearly same dictionary definition for Aerial (of the air) as well. So it seems we owe this UK term for Antenna to Shakespeare. Funny I didn't realize that until I was Wiki checking my reply to this thread. The other Ariel is a Hebrew name meaning "Lion of God". ie. as in Ariel Sharon, Israeli General & Politician. Peter On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Steve <[email protected]> wrote: > > > correct, wasn't he also a greek god ? > > Steve(M1SWB) UK > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* [email protected] > *To:* Repeater-Builder <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 30, 2010 6:44 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] ariels > > Actually the correct spelling of the UK term for Antenna is Aerial > not Ariel. Ariel was the name of a now defunct UK Motorcycle maker which > closed around 1967. > > Ex Brit. > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Kevin Custer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On 8/29/2010 1:15 PM, Doug Hutchison wrote: >> > Ariel? Antenna maybe? C'mon guys. >> >> Be careful Doug. The poster is from the United Kingdom, where they use >> the term Ariel, not Antenna. >> >> You know what it means, so let it go. This list is not just for >> Americans, as we have many members from other Countries. >> >> Kevin Custer >> List Owner >> >> > >
