General Electric type FG-172 thyratron
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: General Electric type FG-172 klystron in original box. Marked: "General Electric / FG-172 / Made in U.S.A. / 19G5". A metal klystron tube with two leads on top, one on bottom. Heat sink on top, multicolored ceramic bead insulation on leads. Tubulation with contact on side. US patents range from 1723888 to 2217421.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Nicholas Anton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0794.020
label: accession number
content: 1986.0794
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: electron tubethyratron
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes; Triode; Fg172
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: unit: 27 cm x 9 cm x 5.3 cm; 10 5/8 in x 3 17/32 in x 2 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: box: 12 in x 4 in x 4 in; 30.48 cm x 10.16 cm x 10.16 cm