Western Electric type 705A vacuum rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A half wave vacuum rectifier for use in radar. A 4-pin base with ceramic plate, top contact for plate lead, spiral filament with center cathode, T-shaped envelope with neck. Marked: "Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 705 A / D-159780". Inked in base: "V3872 / D / A2". Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_705a.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.322723
label: catalog number
content: 322723
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 11.43 cm x 5.715 cm