Western Electric type 321-A half-wave mercury vapor rectifier
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin metal base, top contact, tipped G-shaped envelope with neck. Donor’s card reads: “Half-wave mercury vapor rectifier made by the Western Electric Company and used in the WMBR broadcasting station, Jacksonville, Fla. Courtesy of Bob Ried, Chief Engineer. Oxide coated filament: 5 volts at 10 amperes. Maximum inverse peak voltage on anode 12500, maximum anode current 4 amperes."
label: Description (Brief)
content: ”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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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.324674
label: catalog number
content: 324674
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 28.575 cm x 8.89 cm