Western Electric type 359-A cold cathode tube
date: label: date made
content: 1952
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A small glass tube with a three leads on one end, T-shaped envelope, bottom tip. Donor’s card reads: “Cold cathode tube made by the Western Electric Company in 1952. A tree element gas-filled tube used in telephony. Normal control gap breakdown voltage 75 DC, normal control gap sustaining voltage 65 DC, main gap minimum breakdown voltage 180, normal maintenance sustaining voltage 80 volts DC.” Reference: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/359A.pdf.
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.325215
label: catalog number
content: 325215
label: accession number
content: 252994
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Electron Tube
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Other Terms
content: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm