Marconi type MT-16 triode
date: label: date made
content: ca 1934
name: label: maker
content: Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. Ltd.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A double-ended G-shaped tube with two ceramic insulated leads emerging from the top, one from the bottom. Each lead about 2" long. Stamped “MT16 / 2640 / Marconi [ logo]”; and "26 YO". Donor’s card reads: “Triode made by the Marconi Company of England. For transmitting, probably dates from the 1930s. Filament 12.5 volts at 5.5 amperes. Maximum plate voltage 10000, Amplification factor 25. Output about 250 watts.”
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.324722
label: catalog number
content: 324722
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: 11 1/2 in x 5 1/4 in x 5 in; 29.21 cm x 13.335 cm x 12.7 cm