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minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoThat is a mercury arc rectifier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
minus-squareDnn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 year agoSounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”… EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is: “Kvicksilverlikriktare”
minus-squarekuneho@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoand sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
minus-squareIron Lynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoOr its Dutch name: Kwikdampgelijkrichter
That is a mercury arc rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
I thought you might also enjoy its German name: Quecksilberdampfgleichrichter
Sounds kinda similar to the Swedish word “kvicksilverbågelikriktare”…
EDIT: After doing some more googling, the proper name for the device in Swedish is:
“Kvicksilverlikriktare”
and sounds nothing like the hungarian “higanyív szelep” or “higanygőz egyenirányító”
Or its Dutch name:
Kwikdampgelijkrichter