RCA type 884 thyratron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1946
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base with center post and domed envelope. Stamped on envelope: “884”; on base: RCA logo “6-17”. Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by the Radio Corporation of America. For use in relay and grid controlled rectifier service below 75 cycles per second. Can also be used as a relaxation type oscillator. Heater: 6.3 volts at .6 amperes.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_884.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 Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.325054
label: catalog number
content: 325054
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm