RCA type 37 "Radiotron" medium-Mu triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Plastic 5-pin base with domed envelope. Stamped on base: "RCA / Radiotron / Made in U.S.A."; on envelope: "37". Donor’s card reads: “Medium Mu triode made by the Radio Corporation of America. Used as a detector or voltage amplifier in radio receivers. Heater type, 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_37.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.324609
label: catalog number
content: 324609
label: accession number
content: 252994
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: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm