Glow-in-Dark?

[dpb]

It's probably a combination of the radium and the surrounding materials...

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[Jeff Wisnia]

I got one back then too.

IIRC there was a small "atomic bomb" mounted on it lying parallel to the finger the ring was on. The four tailfins of the bomb were part of a red plastic cap which could be pulled off exposing a plastic "lens" you looked into to see those "stars".

Re the shoe fitting x-ray machines, I probably snuck my feet into them more times than I should have, but I still have five toes on each of them. I was fun to wiggle your toes while looking at the bones in them to see them move.

For those too young to have seen one lookee here:

SWMBO and I visited that museum about five years ago and I recall seeing quite a few posters and also inactivated devices which claimed they used radioative materials to "make you healthier."

Jeff

[M Q]

This is called phosphorescence.

Yes, google phosphorescent tape :

or phosphorescent paint :

See

for a discussion of Fluorescent vs. Phosphorescent vs. Radioluminescent

[willshak]

Yes! Here is a pic.

[pheeh.zero]

kid (circa 1950) Japan made the crap like China does

Zeros were effective because they had so many...and expendable pilots.

[Phisherman]

There is glow paint you can use. It is low radioactivity.

[JKevorkian]

Many years ago when I had a darkroom in my house, I used the following UGL paint to mark off where the room light switch and various tools I needed were located:

The glow lasted long enough to accomplish the usual tasks one had to do in total darkness before the safelight came into play.

[claude]

I wonder how much ( negative) excitement the Dupont chemical company would get these days with their 1950s slogan " Better Living through chemistry " Funny how we really believed it at the time.

[dpb]

And you would have one believe we would be better off without nylon, etc., ... ???

Thanks, but "no, thanks".

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[Dave Martindale]

Yeah. Let's go back to knob and tube wiring. No need for modern wire insulations; rubber and ceramic tubes are just fine.

Dave