My last two wrist watches (I know, that makes me an anachronism on this list) both have hands that glow in the dark, but I assume it is the result of absorbing photons for later release, not some radioactive source.
Am I wrong? Tom Holmes, N8ZM Tipp City, OH EM79 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dan Kemppainen > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 1:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 108, Issue 55 > > > > On 7/10/2013 11:35 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Public perceptions of risk change with time. > > > > In WWII, Radium dial watches, aircraft instruments, dial and switch > > markings, were ubiquitous. But so were explosives, bombs, bayonettes, > > and a bunch of other things. So people didn't have the luxury of > > concerns over minor things. > > > > Now that is not so. > > > > -John > > Not to fan the fire. But you can still buy tritium glow in the dark sights for pistols (It > is standard on a lot of them now). You can even add tritium glow in the dark tubes > to custom flashlights and I think even knives... :) > > Dan > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
