I was looking thru my father’s old tool box the other day
and found a small light bulb. It seems to be made into three parts, all aluminum pieces. After examining it for a few minutes, I realized it was broken. Never to work again till someone smarter finds it...
Way back as a child,
I remembered my Uncle taking me outside at night to see one just like it. He
stuck it into the ground and after a minute or so, it began to glow in the
darkness. After asking him how it worked, he replied,” Only Uncle Nick knew.”
My father’s is missing a wire on the bottom that was placed into the ground.
The chemistry of it? Not sure. His no longer works... I wondered who was Uncle
Nick though. I never met him...
