Happy Birthday Tube!

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On 16 Nov 2004 16:31:21 GMT, Rob Reedijk
<reedijk@hera.med.utoronto.ca> wrote:

>Apparently today is the 100 year birthday of the tube or valve.
>
>So let's all wish the old coot a big happy B-day---but don't give him
>the bumps!

And thank Edison for ignoring that one-way current between a
filament and a plate inserted into a lightbulb, as it gave Fleming and
de Forest (and a few other people) things to develop and invent.
According to this site, we've got a couple more years before
celebrating the invention of the triode, a tube that actually
amplifies something, and eventually gave birth to Rock and Roll music:
http://inventors.about.com/library [...] _inventors

I suppose I should hold onto my autographed copy of Lee de Forest's
autobio "Father of Radio" ...

>Rob R.

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