Western Electric type 258A vacuum tube
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A half wave mercury vapor rectifier. A 2-pin plastic base with top contact, S-shaped envelope. Marked: "Western Electric / 258 A" and "2920". Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_258a.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.322696
label: catalog number
content: 322696
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: 7 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 18.0975 cm x 6.0325 cm