General Electric type G / CG-886 "Pliotron" triode
date: label: date made
content: 1918
name: label: associated user
content: unknown
label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 3-pin plastic base. Cup-shaped anode, cotton insulator. Tipped, S-shaped envelope. Inked on press: "N1824"; paper label reads: "CG-886", second label reads: "91 AMP". References: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum tube," pages 148-154; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_cg-886.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.RSN79819U15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: composition (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: electron tube: 4 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 10.795 cm x 4.445 cm