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[Tony Duell]

> 
> On Sat, 4 Jun 2005, Tony Duell wrote:
> >>> [1] The first 3 I ever bought, over 25 years ago, were 5/8", 3/4" and
> >>> 1+1/8". Why?
> >> seven-pin, nine-pin and octal tube sockets?
> > Exactly. We call the first 2 'B7G' and 'B9A' over here, BTW.
> 
> We call the first two 'miniature' and 'noval'.

The 'Noval' is sometimes used over here, along with magnoval for the B9D 
base (as used on the PL504, etc). 

'Miniature' is used for any small valve base, including the B7G, B9A and 
B8A (Rimlock base, as on the EZ40, etc). 

-tony