Today is the 101st anniversary of Georges Claude's patent for a neon luminous tube system very similar to those made today.
U S Patent No. 1,125,476, issued on January 19, 1915.
Happy birthday, neon signs
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Happy birthday, neon signs
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Today is the 101st anniversary of Georges Claude's patent for a neon luminous tube system very similar to those made today.
U S Patent No. 1,125,476, issued on January 19, 1915. http://inventors.about.com/od/qstartinv ... a/neon.htm
Today is the 101st anniversary of Georges Claude's patent for a neon luminous tube system very similar to those made today.
U S Patent No. 1,125,476, issued on January 19, 1915. http://inventors.about.com/od/qstartinv ... a/neon.htm
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Re: Happy birthday, neon signs
Yes, while colorful discharge tubes were old news by the time of his patent, real bright tubes using neon had to wait for early 20th century advances in cryogenics needed to condense out the rarer atmospheric gases and make them avaialble in usable amounts.
The neon signage craze took off like gang busters, reaching its peak in the late 50's and early 60's. However, in the "critical of everything" 70's, the harsh neon glow was considered ugly and unsightly; a relic of a bygone age. However, the neon discharge tube has undergone a recent resurgence as an art form, much as women's fashion comes, goes, and then returns anew.
The pretty, rich, blue clear glass discharge tubes are among the most beautiful, but have nice big blobs of mercury rolling around in them as do virtually 100% of all phosphor coated discharge signage that create colors other than neon red.
Richard Hull
The neon signage craze took off like gang busters, reaching its peak in the late 50's and early 60's. However, in the "critical of everything" 70's, the harsh neon glow was considered ugly and unsightly; a relic of a bygone age. However, the neon discharge tube has undergone a recent resurgence as an art form, much as women's fashion comes, goes, and then returns anew.
The pretty, rich, blue clear glass discharge tubes are among the most beautiful, but have nice big blobs of mercury rolling around in them as do virtually 100% of all phosphor coated discharge signage that create colors other than neon red.
Richard Hull
Progress may have been a good thing once, but it just went on too long. - Yogi Berra
Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
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Fusion is the energy of the future....and it always will be
The more complex the idea put forward by the poor amateur, the more likely it will never see embodiment