Western Electric type 354A thyratron
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A rectifier tube with a four-pin plastic base, perforated plates, top-mounted contact, mercury vapor fill, S-shaped envelope. Marked: Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 354 A". A "half-wave, thermionic, three element, negative grid, medium power thyratron designed to operate at frequencies below 150 cycles. ... primarily intended for use in regulated rectifier, inverter, relay or other applications requiring thyratron characteristics." Reference: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/354A.pdf.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.322689
label: catalog number
content: 322689
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: 9 in x 3 in; 22.86 cm x 7.62 cm