RCA type 879 half wave vacuum rectifier
name: label: maker
content: RCA Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base, top contact, domed envelope. Marked on base: "RCA Radiotron / Licensed as stated / on carton"; on envelope: "Made in / 879 / U.S.A." and "Property of / Eng. Div. RCA Mfg. Co. / ENG 45". Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_879.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80578U21
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: composition (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: electron tube, diode: 11 cm x 3.5 cm; 4 5/16 in x 1 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 3.81 cm