Western Electric type 704-A diode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small glass tube with two leads on the bottom and one on the side. Donor’s card reads: “Diode made by Western Electric for the US government during World War II. Intended for ultra high frequency applications. Heater type: 4.5 volts at .5 amperes. Plate 10 volts at 6 milliamps.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.324781
label: catalog number
content: 324781
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 7/8 in x 1/4 in; 3.81 cm x 2.2225 cm x .635 cm