Sylvania type 7B8 pentagrid converter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1939
name: label: maker
content: Sylvania Electric Products Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: An 8-pin metal base with center post, T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Pentagrid converter made by the Sylvania Corporation. Glass lock-in type. Used as a frequency converter in superheterodyne radio receivers of the AC/DC type. Heater type: 6.3 volts at .3 ampere.” See also: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_7b8.html.
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.325091
label: catalog number
content: 325091
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: heptode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.175 cm