Re: Nomenclature

["Samuel M. Stilwell" <sstilwel@PROTOPOWER.COM>]

Originally, a "pig" was the lead or steel ingot or block poured from 
a smelting furnace. Hence, pig iron, a preliminary product in the 
steel-making process. "Pig" also applies to the mold into which it 
is poured. Typically, a pig was oblong/cylindrical, and looked an 
awful lot like the "pig" we are used to placing detectors in. 
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Anyone out there know where the word 'pig' came from in conjunction with a
shielded container?


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Sam Stilwell
Project Engineer
Proto-Power Corporation
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Groton, CT 06340
860-405-7208, ext. 3037
FAX 860-446-3096
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sstilwel@protopower.com
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