Neon tube for Telescanner with base
date: label: date made
content: ca 1932
name: label: maker
content: General Radio Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin plastic base with square plate electrode and single rod electrode mounted vertically, tipless T-shaped envelope. No extant maker's marks. Light source for mechanical television receiver. Unit is mounted in a General Radio Company type 349 surface-mounted tube socket.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Henry Wirth
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.312370
label: catalog number
content: 312370
label: accession number
content: 163277
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Discharge Tube
label: Object Name
content: discharge lamp
label: Object Name
content: neon glow lamp
label: Object Name
content: coronal discharge lamp
label: Other Terms
content: Discharge Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: tube only: 5 3/4 in x 2 in; 14.605 cm x 5.08 cm
label: Measurements
content: socket only: 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 2.2225 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 15.24 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm