General Electric GL446A “lighthouse” triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with center post, 3-layered envelope with top contact. Stamped: “[GE logo] GL-446A / Made in / U.S.A. / Not to / Specifications". Includes original package label with US patent numbers: "1942260, 2174375, 2272747. Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_gl446a.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323240
label: catalog number
content: 323240
label: accession number
content: 250988
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.35 cm x 3.175 cm