Western Electric type 374A power pentode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1950
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 6-pin plastic base in original box. T-shaped glass envelope. "The 374A is a filamentary type suppressor grid power pentode. It is designed for use as an audio frequency amplifier or as an oscillator." Marked: "Western Electric / 374A / Made in U.S.A." References: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/374A.pdf; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_374a.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.322591
label: accession number
content: 241556
label: catalog number
content: 322591
objectType: label: Object Name
content: vacuum tube
label: Object Name
content: pentode
label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (wrapping material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: composition (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 5 1/2 in x 2 in x 2 in; 13.97 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: tube: 3 1/8 in x 1 5/16 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.33375 cm
label: Measurements
content: electron tube: 8 cm x 3.5 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in