Thorpe type K1 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1925
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Thorpe type K-1 triode in original box. A metal shell base with plastic insulator and four brass banana pins, circular wire coil with coaxially mounted filament. Tipped S-shaped envelope with taper at neck. Box marked: "Thorpe Radio Valve Company / London / Filament Amps 0.42 average / Filament Volts 50 / Anode Volts: 50 100 / Thorpe K.1 / Valve / Made in / England". Priced on box: "10/~". Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," page 388.
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.322548
label: catalog number
content: 322548
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: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 5 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube: 4 3/4 in x 2 in; 12.065 cm x 5.08 cm