RCA "Radiotron" type UX171 triode in original box
date: label: date made
content: 1926
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with S-shaped envelope, mostly silvered. Stamped on base: "Radiotron / . UX 171 ."; paper label reads: "For use in last audio stage only."; "RVC" [sic] logo on top. In original box with specification sheet for a Cunningham CX-301-A tube. Box includes patent dates from 12 April 1910 thru 15 December 1925. A "10-26" date is also stamped on the box. Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 315-316; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_x171.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323019
label: catalog number
content: 323019
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tube: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 5 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 6.0325 cm x 5.715 cm