General Electric type CG1162 (VT14) transmitting triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1918
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A brass 4-pin base with plastic insulator, tipped S-shaped envelope. Asbestos insulation in stem. Stamped on envelope: "CG / 1162", inked on press: "CG1162". In original National Lamp Works (GE) Pliotron box. Filament rating 1.75 amperes at 7.5 volts. Anode rating 350 volts, 40 milliamperes. Designated VT-14 by US Army Signal Corps. Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 149-151.
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.323298
label: catalog number
content: 323298
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: tube: 4 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm