Western Electric 722-A thyratron
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 5-pin plastic base with top contact, ceramic insulator, S-shaped envelope. Stamped on base: “Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / -722A-“. Donor’s card reads: “Thyratron made by the Western Electric Company for use in pulsing circuits in which the duty cycle is less than 1 in 500 and the pulse repetition is less than 3000 cycles per second. A mercury vapor tube. Filament: 3 volts at 8 amperes.”
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.324684
label: catalog number
content: 324684
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: thyratron
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 17.145 cm x 5.715 cm