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Title: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: Opcom on May 04, 2022, 10:59:40 AM Peter Cooper Hewitt (May 5, 1861 – August 25, 1921) was an American electrical engineer and inventor, who invented the first mercury-vapor lamp in 1901 and mercury rectifier in 1902.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cooper_Hewitt Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: Jim/WA2MER on May 04, 2022, 12:32:52 PM I'm surprised there wasn't a Google Doodle about him today.
Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: W7TFO on May 04, 2022, 08:49:08 PM While a brilliant engineer, it reads that his family relations were real headline makers.
Wow. :o 73DG Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: WD5JKO on May 11, 2022, 05:52:18 PM Peter's daughter, Anna Cooper Hewitt:
https://www.grandcentralpublishing.com/titles/audrey-clare-farley/the-unfit-heiress/9781538753347/ https://youtu.be/lDRPPEoz11s Very interesting. Jim Wd5JKO Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: Opcom on May 04, 2023, 11:22:46 PM Happy Birthday to the inventor of the mercury lamp and rectifier!
The Mercury rectifier is 121 years old on May 5th! Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: W7TFO on May 04, 2023, 11:56:26 PM I'll only be 70 on the 11th.
Makes me feel absolutely young! 8) Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: w8khk on May 05, 2023, 12:03:16 AM I'll only be 70 on the 11th. Makes me feel absolutely young! 8) And yet not so young that you fail to appreciate the warm glow of the 866 or 872! Especially when they twinkle with modulation. The world's earliest (monochrome) color organ! Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: W7TFO on May 05, 2023, 12:08:46 AM Thanks, OM.
MV's forever, tougher than Silicon! Title: Re: Peter Cooper Hewitt's birthday Post by: Opcom on May 19, 2023, 01:06:54 AM Therefore this arrangement - the best solution already built and working. Got some real PIV there along with the pulsating blue&UV glowz. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
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