Western Electric model 8-A thermistor
date: label: date made
content: ca 1962
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A thin glass tube with a metal lead emerging from each end. Stamped: “8A”. Donor’s card reads: “Thermistor made by Western Electric Company for use in modern (about 1962) telephone circuits. Used for temperature compensation, time delay switching, power measurement, and instrumentation.”
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.324804
label: catalog number
content: 324804
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Thermistor
label: Other Terms
content: Thermistor; Solid State Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x .635 cm