De Forest spherical "Audion" radio tube
date: label: date made
content: 1910
label: associated date
content: 1910
name: label: associated person
content: De Forest, Lee
label: maker
content: De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Donor card: "Spherical double audion having two plates and two grids. First made in this manner in April 1910, and found to be much more sensitive than the single plate and grid models made before this time. 3.5 volt tungsten filament. Referred to in De Forest letter of 22 April 1954 as #5." Paper label reads: "This bulb not licensed for commercial purposes." Brass candelabra screw base with glass insulator, two filaments, two cloth insulated leads.
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.324292
label: catalog number
content: 324292
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm