RCA type 955 "acorn" triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1934
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small glass tube with no base. Two contacts on one side, three on the other. Tip on one end. Donor’s card reads: “Triode, an acorn type, made by the Radio Corporation of America and used in WCAU before 1935. Heater type cathode for use in UHF bands as a detector or amplifier. Heater: 6.3 volts at .15 amperes. Operation as a Class C power radio frequency amplifier; plate 190 volts at 8 milliamperes, 5 volt negative control grid bias, for an output of .5 watts.”
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.324502
label: catalog number
content: 324502
label: accession number
content: 252994
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: 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 in; 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm x 2.54 cm