Comments on: Portable X-Ray Device Aids Express Clerks (Sep, 1938) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Jari http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/comment-page-1/#comment-1091318 Jari Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:51:22 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/#comment-1091318 Davo: Nope, the x-ray tubes are only about 1% efficient, so it's less than 6 Watts of x-ray energy. Davo: Nope, the x-ray tubes are only about 1% efficient, so it’s less than 6 Watts of x-ray energy.

]]> By: Toronto http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/comment-page-1/#comment-1091200 Toronto Sat, 18 Jun 2011 15:37:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/#comment-1091200 Whoops! Another box of film being mailed in for processing! Whoops! Another box of film being mailed in for processing!

]]> By: Davo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/comment-page-1/#comment-1091191 Davo Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:18:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/#comment-1091191 Wow! 58kV at 10mA equals 580 Watts! That's the output power of a small microwave oven, only in x-rays! I assume the device the chap on the left is holding consists of a fluorescent screen, and little else, which means he is getting the full blast of the x-rays straight into his face! Wow! 58kV at 10mA equals 580 Watts! That’s the output power of a small microwave oven, only in x-rays!

I assume the device the chap on the left is holding consists of a fluorescent screen, and little else, which means he is getting the full blast of the x-rays straight into his face!

]]> By: Dave http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/comment-page-1/#comment-1067168 Dave Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:11:14 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/27/portable-x-ray-device-aids-express-clerks/#comment-1067168 Early belly-button porn? Early belly-button porn?

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