Westinghouse type WD11 "Aeriotron" triode with base adapter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1916
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Westinghouse type WD-11 "Aeriotron" triode with base adapter. Brass base shell with 4-pins and plastic insulator set on a 4-pin adapter module. Module's pins are all thin and the unit has a side pin for a bayonet socket. Tube base has one thick pin to assure correct placement. Tipped T-shaped envelope, Westinghouse labels on base.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Fred C. Reed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.310267.01
label: catalog number
content: 310267.01
label: accession number
content: 114467
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: composition (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: adapter: 1 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 4.445 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube: 4 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in; 11.43 cm x 3.4925 cm