Loewe type LA101 "Audion" vacuum triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1926
name: label: maker
content: Loewe
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A triode with a 4-pin base, short pins. Unit in original box. Tipped S-shaped envelope with silvered interior. Marked in red: "Loewe / L.A. 101 / 0.3 Amp / 4 Volt". Box labeled: "Loewe-Audion / Type L.A. 101. Dull Emitter-Valve/" Maker: Loewe Radio A.G., Berlin-Steiglitz. References: Tyne: "Saga of the Vacuum Tube," pages 446-450; also https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_la101.html. Chicago Museum #30.458 on tag.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.330629
label: catalog number
content: 330629
label: accession number
content: 271855
label: collector/donor number
content: 30.458
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube, Triode
label: Object Name
content: triode
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube, Triode; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: unit: 4 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: box: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm