De Forest type DV6A triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1923
name: label: maker
content: De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: De Forest type DV6A triode. Nickel-plated brass base shell with 4-pins, plastic insulator, and maker stamp, tipped T-shape envelope, silvered with trademark label. "De Forest - Audion - Type DV6A". 1907 thru 1923 patent dates on label. Also, "S" logo molded on base insulator. Stamped on base shell: "De Forest Audion / U.S. Patent Nos. 841387-879532 / Sold only for amateur / and experimental use."; "Pat.Apl'd For".
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.323186
label: catalog number
content: 323186
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: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 8.89 cm x 3.4925 cm