actually, Magritte had it: “this is not a pipe” Don > On Dec 5, 2014, at 8:01 AM, Chuck Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > The OP said he couldn't find anything applicable when he was > looking for "light pipe". So, I offered him a suggestion for > why. Ultimately, we are talking about locating something > using a search engine. > > The public has taken to the high tech sounding term "fiber optic" > to describe what used to be called a light pipe. If it is thin, > and flexible, and moves light from one location to another, it > will be known to most people as "fiber optic". > > As an example, sitting here on my workbench is a light that I use > to illuminate objects under my Olympus stereo microscope. It is > made by Nikon, and has the following words inscribed on its panel: > > "NIKON, Inc. MKII Fiber Optic Light" > > Do you imagine that it is a precision glass or plastic waveguide, > or just a flexible light pipe? > > -Chuck Harris > > > > paul swed wrote: >> That is a good suggestion. But I fall into the camp. "Not really that >> important now." >> At least not to get me to pull it out of the rack. :-) >> The little LED are pretty bright and I remember some broadcast equipment >> used light pipes. >> OK now I am going to get silly but this is time-nuts. I think light pipe >> and fiber optics are two different terms. >> Yes they both pass light. But a fiber optic is a precision glass or plastic >> waveguide. A light pipe is a bulk piece of plastic that is not a wave guide >> in respect to the accuracy of the walls. >> Oh I am so doomed now that I said that. >> Regards >> Paul >> WB8TSL > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
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