Jumping into Hg wagon, here's my story. During my apprenticeship I
noticed the small glass jar of mercury salvaged from old manometers.
Marveling metal properties, my mentor took the soldering iron and molt
a drop of solder with mercury.
Resulting lump of metal had interesting properties: dull
They still put mercury in glass envelopes, there are several hundred
here where I work.
In the light fittings, 2 types high pressure and low pressure mercury.
and HID and metal halide.
Mercury is also present in reasonable quantity in fluorescent tubes,
of which there are millions all around us.
During my Nixie tube project mercury will be a good solution for
prolonging the tubes' lives. When I merely mentioned the possibility
while talking to our facility manager, he wouldn't want to listen to me
anymore, and I had to assure that I would not tinker with mercury in
their rooms...
Personally I think that the whole mercury craziness is plain stupid.
But well, people were made to believe that some plants are evil.
What if you tried to do it as The Ancient Nixie Makers would do: Use a
tiny mercury giver tube. Maybe it would be possible to find them in
the 'former USSR'? Or
You mean that if they were 1mx1mx1m with 1m3 of mercury it would be
fine? World is weirder than I thought...
I would just use them not telling anybody what's in those tiny, tiny
tubes. Or tell them it's getter.
Then you crack those tubes open in some other location. And you are
not exposing
Sure, 1m^3 would be fine ;-) Don't worry, in that case other rules will
kick in...
Jens
You mean that if they were 1mx1mx1m with 1m3 of mercury it would be
fine? World is weirder than I thought...
I would just use them not telling anybody what's in those tiny, tiny
tubes. Or tell them it's
So lots of schoolboys
would break open a thermometer and coat the ha'penny with the
mercury
to make it silver and pass it off as a shilling
Hate to admit it, I was one of those boys. I was 'hero' of the class
for a short term when I showed them that trick lol, our class was
banned from having
On Feb 9, 1:05 pm, Lucky dave.lucky.po...@gmail.com wrote:
So lots of schoolboys
would break open a thermometer and coat the ha'penny with the
mercury
to make it silver and pass it off as a shilling
Hate to admit it, I was one of those boys. I was 'hero' of the class
for a short term when I
Nick, we used to do the same with the trainssmall pennies or pieces of
granite from the sidings...fun times. As a practicing chemist, I understand
the hazards with dealing with toxic substances, but some of this has got
out of hand. Mercury salts are the ones to truly be worried about, and
On Feb 9, 4:02 pm, Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com wrote:
Nick, we used to do the same with the trainssmall pennies or pieces of
granite from the sidings...fun times. As a practicing chemist, I understand
the hazards with dealing with toxic substances, but some of this has got
out of
That's what I was thinking, it was my understanding that elemental
mercury is not all _that_ readily absorbable by the body. The kind that
you need to worry about is the sort that has already been absorbed by a
body (like a fish) and so is in a form that your body will happily
accept.. and
nothing. Such is the case though about
lots of things now, so it's no real big surprise.
Chuck
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From: nixci...@jsdesign.co.uk
To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb
That explains a lot about you Chuck. JK.
I remember when I was a kid (much like now), I used to work at Radio
Shack. I remember the mercury filled switches being sold. Strangely, the
same
as the switches in your old house thermostat. I thought they were very
cool because you also saw
There is no way he'll get anywhere with this in court. I think that his
legal representation is counting on the small time electronics dealers
to settle out of court to avoid the legal costs. It's sad, the threat of
suing someone in this country is almost like extortion to most people.
-Adam
talking about again?? J
Bill
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Behalf Of micha...@aol.com
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That explains a lot about you
about
lots of things now, so it's no real big surprise.
Chuck
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To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry
are
freaking out about nothing. Such is the case though about
lots of things now, so it's no real big surprise.
Chuck
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To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012
¿½ Such is the case though about
lots of things now, so it's no real big surprise.
Chuck
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To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb 2012
about
lots of things now, so it's no real big surprise.
Chuck
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To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
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Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry Kennedy wrote:
When I
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To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry Kennedy wrote:
When I was a kid in elementary school, each year the science
teacher would pull out the jar
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On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry Kennedy wrote:
When I was a kid in elementary school, each year the science
teacher would pull out the jar of mercury and pour it into a
shallow pan, and we'd all run
On 12-02-09 11:02 AM, Nicholas Stock wrote:
We used benzene at school, made aspirin on the bench, threw lumps of
sodium in water (with one classroom evacuation as a result...got a bit
frisky that one...)I imagine /none/ of that would be allowed these
days
Grade 9, about 1968, the
no real big surprise.
Chuck
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From: nixci...@jsdesign.co.uk
To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Class action lawsuit...
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 07:42:06 +
On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry Kennedy wrote:
When I was a kid in elementary school, each
Nice one Lucky. A couple of years we visited Old Mogo Town
http://www.oldmogotown.com.au/
The gold was extracted from the rocks exactly how you describe it. I
also raised the question there about the mercury used. According to
the guide, they did know at that time already that mercury wasn't good
Visited a place just like that but in Victoria in the 70's, remember
we went panning for opals, I found one and has a ring made from it and
gave it to a girlfriend. Good ol days lol.(Back over in march for 6
weeks, Perth and Brisbane) Back on topic I wonder if any of those
workers suffered ill
On Feb 8, 6:29 pm, Adam Jacobs a...@jacobs.us wrote:
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give
orders, cooperate, act alone,
On Feb 8, 11:11 am, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote:
There's a class action law suit being launched in the USA (where
else!) claiming injury due to the mercury in tubes/valves,
specifically rectifiers. Several surplus-type suppliers are
mentioned.
No-one has raised the spectre of nixies, most of
What's his basis for the exposure? He's breaking all the tubes and inhaling
the vapour?
Does the US have any vexatious litigation laws?
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Jeff Thomas nixich...@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 8, 11:11 am, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote:
There's a class action law suit
On Feb 8, 4:15 pm, Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com wrote:
What's his basis for the exposure? He's breaking all the tubes and inhaling
the vapour?
Does the US have any vexatious litigation laws?
That has been the primary question circulating on the forums.
He's an tech, and worked with
Honestly, this sounds to me like the guy's managed to find an
ambulance-chasing law firm that will do the job for a percentage of the
inevitable settlement. The thinking being that if you shake the whole
tree, some apples will fall down.
You're welcome to sue anybody you like in this country
Holy cow, I just clicked that link. If he's 21 and his resting pulse is
150, his problem isn't mercury poisoning... It's probably chronic
refusal to exercise! He talks about high horsepower blood pressure meds
and beta blockers, that is not normal stuff for someone so young. I
think he should
On Feb 8, 10:11 am, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote:
There's a class action law suit being launched in the USA (where
else!) claiming injury due to the mercury in tubes/valves,
specifically rectifiers. Several surplus-type suppliers are
mentioned.
No-one has raised the spectre of nixies, most of
Very interesting.
They used to use bucket loads of mercury for gold mining, I can
imagine that being over the legal limit, but a few vacuum tubes?
If you still use PbSn based solder, can you sue the seller for lead
poisoning?
Wonder how this will end.
Michel
On Feb 9, 2:06 pm, figureloop
On Feb 8, 10:31 pm, Cobra007 mic...@xiac.com wrote:
Very interesting.
They used to use bucket loads of mercury for gold mining, I can
imagine that being over the legal limit, but a few vacuum tubes?
If you still use PbSn based solder, can you sue the seller for lead
poisoning?
When I was a
About the comments further up about what people 'should' be able to
do.
Its my opinion that at least here in the uk, there is a rot, esp for
younger people.
To be honest I dont think they could even change a diaper, everyone
thinks that everyone else 'ows' them something and gets all screwed up
I was just thinking, if anyone ever got mercury poisoning from vacuum
tubes, it should have been Jimi Hendrix :-)
Or was there no mercury in those old tubes?
Michel
On Feb 9, 4:04 pm, Terry Kennedy terry+googleb...@tmk.com wrote:
On Feb 8, 10:31 pm, Cobra007 mic...@xiac.com wrote:
Very
On 9 Feb 2012, at 05:04, Terry Kennedy wrote:
When I was a kid in elementary school, each year the science
teacher would pull out the jar of mercury and pour it into a
shallow pan, and we'd all run our fingers through it and marvel at
how something so heavy could be a liquid.
In the UK,
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