Western Electric type 346A cold-cathode thyratron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1939
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with a slotted bolt in the center. Gas filled, probably with neon. Tipless opaque T-shaped envelope. "CS41" etched on bottom, base stamped: "Western Electric / 346A / Made in U.S.A." Reference: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/346A.pdf.
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.323072
label: catalog number
content: 323072
label: accession number
content: 241556
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: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.255 cm x 2.8575 cm