Nice explanation. Even though electron-level explanations tend to be hard to comprehensively understand, this probably got it farthest, and best of all, made best understanding so far about the operation of gas fillled tubes. Now I know two most crucial things about them: gas filled diode is a more efficient version of vacuum diode, and thyratron is tube equivalent of semiconductor thyristor.
@StringerNews1 Pretty sure they did, but the primitive animation used to represent the atoms in motion wasn't up to the task. Kind of like the repeating backgrounds in the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
I love these old videos .. they make things much easier to understand !
Ahh! Now I finally have a better understanding of mercury vapor rectifier tubes such as the 866.
Nice explanation. Even though electron-level explanations tend to be hard to comprehensively understand, this probably got it farthest, and best of all, made best understanding so far about the operation of gas fillled tubes. Now I know two most crucial things about them: gas filled diode is a more efficient version of vacuum diode, and thyratron is tube equivalent of semiconductor thyristor.
Excellent explanation
Yes yes ... magic
Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
Could not grasp it in 1966 and can't today, but did some fair electronics repair...
Muito interessante! videos antigos explicam de verdade...much tks
Those atoms of inert gas are not moving "at random" in this video. A distinct pattern can be observed.
@StringerNews1 Pretty sure they did, but the primitive animation used to represent the atoms in motion wasn't up to the task. Kind of like the repeating backgrounds in the old Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
@StringerNews1 So the animation actually illustrated an orderly pattern, but not the CORRECT orderly pattern?
@@MrHmg55 😀
Bravo!
the same guys voice on every old film
Sometimes my orbit is temporarily disturbed.
I don't want to set the world on fire.