Western Electric type 212A transmitting triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An air-cooled transmitting triode. Four brass pin base with plated shell, plastic insulator. Fiber stem insulators. Tipped T-shaped envelope. Stamped on envelope: "179099 A"; on base: "Western Electric / Made in U.S.A. / 212A / Patd. U.S.A. / 1-15-07 / 2-18-08 / 3-27-15 / 12-19-16 / 12-17-18 / 5-13-19 / Pats. Pending". Bureau of Standards # R-2823 and BS 31137 on tube. References: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 289-291.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the National Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80748U05
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: 13 1/4 in x 3 1/2 in; 33.655 cm x 8.89 cm