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Nope, that is a mercury arc rectifier:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
That’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
Oh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube
Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 3 months ago
That’s some fuckin’ 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Oh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube