Hytron type 864 / VT24 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1943
name: label: maker
content: Hytron Corporation
label: maker
content: Hytron Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: “Hytron / VT-24”. Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by CBS-Hytron for the US government during World War II. An early non-microphonic design by RCA in 1928 to eliminate the effect of vibration on the tube’s elements. Filament: 1.1 volt at .25 amperes. Plate: 90 volts; plate impedance 13500 ohms.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Paul G. Watson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.324764
label: catalog number
content: 324764
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 3.175 cm