Artee type 201A "Peertron" triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Peertron type 201A triode. Brass shell with 4 pins, ceramic insulator. Tipped, S-shaped envelope, silvered. Stamped on base: "Peertron / Type 201A". Tyne notes that "Peertron [was] made by Artee Radio Sales & Manufacturing Co., 16 Hudson St., NY. Preliminary injunction obtained by RCA in 1923." References: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 360; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_201a.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.322884
label: catalog number
content: 322884
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: isolantite (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: electron tube, triode: 4 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 4.445 cm