Vibrator charger tube for B batteries
date: label: date made
content: ca 1924
name: label: maker
content: Shaw Insulator Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 2-pin brass base with plastic insulator and exhaust tip. T-shaped envelope with fake tip. Stamped on base: "SHAW / Standard Base / Pat. 6-12-23." Vertical assembly with a spring-loaded armature and spark gap. Used for changing radio "B" batteries.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Stanley L. Potter
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.313187
label: catalog number
content: 313187
label: accession number
content: 178721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum charger
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.16 cm x 4.445 cm