RCA type UX171A "Radiotron" triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1927
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with S-shaped envelope, partly silvered. Stamped on base: "RCA / Radiotron / UX-171-A." Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 315-316; and https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_x171.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.252994.008
label: accession number
content: 252994
label: catalog number
content: 252994.008
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 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 4.445 cm