Northern Electric type R215A "peanut" vacuum triode
date: label: date made
content: 1928
name: label: maker
content: Northern Electric Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-contact plastic bayonet base with side pin, tipped T-shaped envelope, cylindrical shield. No maker's marks on tube. Northern Electric box stamped "BC-6133"; printed: "Victor / Northern Electric / [Nipper logo] / Peanut Tube / Made in / Canada / Northern Electric Company Limited / Radio Detector and Amplifier / R 215-A "Peanut" Vacuum Tube / Patented 1917-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27 / Not Licensed for Sale in the U.S.A." Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_r215a.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80606U14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: tube: 2 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 6.35 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 3.175 cm x 3.175 cm