Continental Electric type 872A / VT42A mercury vapor rectifier
date: label: date made
content: ca 1942
name: label: maker
content: Continental Corp.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin metal base with top contact, ceramic insulator, T-shaped envelope. Donor’s card reads: “Mercury vapor rectifier made by the Continental Electric Company for the US government during World War II. Designed by General Electric [around] April 1933. Somewhat similar to the VT-42-M [catalo number 324624]. Half wave type, filament 5 volts at 7.5 amperes. Anode maximum peak inverse voltage 10000, maximum current 2 amperes.”
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.324688
label: catalog number
content: 324688
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Diode
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Diode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 5.715 cm