General Electric type 16x897 "Tungar" rectifier tube
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: Maker
content: Western Union Corporation
label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A 4-pin brass base with tipless, S-shaped envelope. Designed for use in a GE "Tungar" brand battery chargers that converted alternating current to direct current. Reference: https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_16x897.html.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Western Union Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.333229
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: accession number
content: 294351
label: catalog number
content: 333229
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Tungar
label: Object Name
content: electron tube
label: Object Name
content: rectifier
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 in; 13.335 cm x 5.08 cm