Went to a flea market [1] today. Took Mr. Quartex with me -I'm keeping him in the car these days anyway. I saw some vaseline glass --brilliant in the sun...
Hi, Curious on the resistors: In the old days, items marked with "M" were designated for the Latin "M" meaning thousand... Wonder if those resistors were...
... were designated for the Latin "M" meaning thousand... Wonder if those resistors were really 100k and 500k Ohms, respectively instead of meg Ohms? Oh my....
Yes, I've seen that old practice of designating 1000 by M. My impression is that it was mainly used in commerce, rather than science and technology, but I...
Confusing, but M would mean 1000 resistors in the box, M means Mega- (as in Ohm), Methadone, Molar, but MBH meas thousands of British Thermal Uniuts-Mil means...
... Gold is measured by the Troy ounce, most other stuff is Avoirdupois. 12 troy ounces to a pound Troy. 31.103 grams per troy ounce, 373.24 per Pound Troy....
And in Navy terminology (greatest source of mind-boggling acronyms on Earth)..... this whole thing would be headed SITCRIT/FUBAR. Right from COMNAVSURFLANT....
... I just found out that there are special words for the powers of 2 (computers only have 2 fingers :-) approximations to the powers of 10 we bilaterally...
Remember that a prompt neutron needn't be fast, and a fast neutron isn't always prompt. (Its the prompt fast ones that go bang, and the delayed ones that let...
I am looking for the book"Living with radiation, The first 100 years, By Dr. Paul Frame," ISBN 060806162x. I have found 1 copy for $34.95 is that the going...
It can be had direct from the author.....also ask him to sign it. George ... years, By Dr. Paul Frame," ISBN 060806162x. I have found 1 copy for $34.95 is that...
The price is fairly high for a self-published book with black and white pictures and a front and back cover made of plastic sheets, BUT it is the best, and F...
Better Be Right Or Your Great Big Venture Goes West. 0 black 1 brown 2 red 3 orange 4 yellow 5 green 6 blue 7 yellow 8 gray 9 white Hope this helps ...
George, I believe the answer is twelve ounces of gold per pound, precious metals use the Troy ounce. The standard measurement for oil is a barrel of 42...
... Guilty as charged. ... Ever ask yourself how a reactor can be controlled when it is "critical"? Ie, neutrons making more neutrons than are lost. Isn't...
Hi All, If the Romans did have meg Ohm resistors, they would have probably used the "M" with a horizontal line over it, which is how they indicated that a...
Yesterday I aquired another new (to me) bit of kit. it is a detector of some type manufactured by DA Pitman Ltd here in the UK and is ex Royal Air Force. it is...
Brian, Sounds like you acquired an interesting peice of equipment. With my limited experience it sounds as though you may have a gamma scintillator. Many ...
I agree, and further it is probably a LEG ( low energy Gamma) optimized scintillator. They have special thin coverings (>thin as in less dense, like plastic...
... my limited ... Many ... Actually uranium is found from the air by looking for a daughter's gamma. Bismuth I think. A smoke detector Am241 ... travel a ......
In my limited experience, shifting to the topic of alpha scintillators, is there any advantage over a pancake Geiger Muller? I've seen a lot of them on the...
In my opinion, the pacake is superior for these reasons: A)works with any 900V Geiger Counter with no modifications needed ( scintillators need special Voltage...
Hi all, just wanted to run this one by everyone and see if there's a consensus. I recently purchased a CD V-781 kit on Ebay. No, it wasn't the one recently...
Thanks for a complete answer. BTW, Message 4 DNE (Does Not Exist) in the message archives (at least I couldn't retrieve it, so I will search the archives at...
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