RCA "Rectron" UV196 full wave rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
name: label: maker
content: Radio Corporation of America
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Brass shell, 4-pin base with ceramic insulator. Tipped S-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: "Rectron / -UV-196- / Licensed only to extent / indicated on carton." RCA logo stamped on envelope. Paper label reads: "Dubilier / Two-filament, Full Wave Rectifier / G204 / Dubilier / Condenser and Radio Corporation / 4377 Bronx Blvd, New York / Pat App For." References: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," page 324; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_uv196.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.323167
label: catalog number
content: 323167
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm