TUNG SOL name?

[okabass]

HI

Does anybody know what TUNG SOL-name means? An acronyme? Tungsten Sol (= tungsten, wolfram sun) ? Sol is sun in latin. TS made car headlights first in 1907.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tung-Sol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tungsten

 

[JimmyM]

I always thought it was Chinese, but knowing they made headlights in 1907, it could very well be "tungsten sun."

 

[Rick Auricchio]

Tung-Sol was an old US name, but I don't know where it came from.

I like the tungsten and sun idea, implying headlights bright as the sun made with tungsten filaments. Whether that's correct or not is another story.

 

[quigg]

Maybe it means tungsten sodium oxide lamp. Like the glass has sodium oxide in it. There are also low pressure sodium oxide lamps i.e. a streetlight.

 

[bthiemann80]

Could it be the last names of the founders or something? A joint venture between Mr. Tung and Mr. Sol?

 

[Rick Auricchio]

I doubt they used sodium oxide way back at the beginning of the 20th century.

Tung and Sol? Seems unlikely, though anything is possible.

BTW, New Sensor now owns the name, along with Sovtek.