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to: TOM WALKER
from: JAY EMRIE
date: 2006-07-13 21:57:00
subject: Valves vs tubes.

TW>JB> TW> And incidently calling it a Valve is a very approprate
term as that is
TW>JB> TW> Exacticaly what a Vacuum Tube is. A "Valve"
controlling the passage of
TW>JB> TW> Electrical current.

TW>JB>No, that would be a "spigot". 



TW>Not necessarialy.

TW>ALL spigots have valves for NOT all Valves are Spigots!!  :-)

Well, all my life I have heard faucets, spigots, taps, & hydrants
used as one and the same and all knew exactly what we meant.
Jay
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