United Electronics type 967 thyratron
name: label: maker
content: United Electronics Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with top contact, S-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: “United / 967 / Made in U.S.A.” Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by United Electronics for industrial use. A hot cathode gas discharge tube in which one or more electrodes are employed to electrostatically control the unidirectional current flow. Used in “shot” welders and similar applications.”
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.324632
label: catalog number
content: 324632
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 5.715 cm