RCA "Radiotron" type 918 phototube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1945
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with T-shaped envelope. Trough-type reflector mounted vertically with a metal rod at the focus. Stamped on base: "RCA Radiotron 918 / Made in U.S.A." Molded on stem press: "*5", inked: "67". Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_918.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 Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.323209
label: catalog number
content: 323209
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: phototube
label: Object Name
content: photocell
label: Object Name
content: photoelectric cell
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 2.8575 cm