Myers type experimental 01-X detector triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1927
name: label: maker
content: Myers Radio Tube Corp.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Four-pin plastic base with tipped T-shaped envelope. Donor card reads: "Triode made by Myers Radio Tube Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio. Identical with [catalog numbers 324365 and 324367] except that this tube was selected by test as best suited for use as a detector."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Card for catalog number 324365 notes: "Designed and made by Elman B. Myers .... These tubes are a combination of two early RCA designs, the 199 and the 201-A. The elements of this tube, excepting the filament, are those of a 199, while the filament and base are those of a 201-A. The glass envelope is that of a 199. Filament: 5 volts at .25 ampere; 90 volts on the plate."
label: Description (Brief)
content: Probably given to the donor by Fred Milliken, who worked with Myers. See the Watson Archival Collection (NMAH Archives Center #104) "concerning the general aspect of the Myers organization."
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.324366
label: catalog number
content: 324366
label: accession number
content: 252994
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: 4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 3.81 cm