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Subject:Re: Grease ZERK or ZIRC? fin From:Beth Friedman <bjf -at- WAVEFRONT -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 28 May 1999 11:15:22 -0500
> From: John Jeuken [SMTP:John -dot- Jeuken -at- ASML -dot- NL]
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 10:24 PM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: Re: Grease ZERK or ZIRC? fin
>
> The term 'zerk' or 'zirc' is an abbreviation of zirconium, used
>in
> the metal alloy of which the 'grease nippels' were made.
>
> JJ
>
> > I think Zerk was a man, or at least a person, who invented the
> > gadget. Don't we all say "kiloHERTZ" in honor of Hertzholm?
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz. No "holm," unless a name change was involved.
