Westinghouse Rectigon Bulb
date: label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Westinghouse tube with two 2" leads on the top terminal. For use in battery charger. Marked: "W.E.&M. Co." Tag reads: "S.O. 41C549". A rectifier tube with mogul-screw base and two ceramic-insulated pig-tail leads on top for plate connection. Glass envelope with side tip, getter stain inside. Includes original tag Form 8956-D with manufacturer's information and patent dates as follows: 2-27-12; 12-30-13; 9-21-15; 5-9-16; 7-18-16; 12-12-16; 11-13-17; 5-14-18; 10-11-21.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Franklin Wingard
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.322502
label: catalog number
content: 322502
label: accession number
content: 241556
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/8 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 5.715 cm