Western Electric type 416 microwave triode display board
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1950
label: date made
content: ca 1953
name: label: maker
content: Western Electric
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A Western Electric type 416 microwave triode mounted on a display board along with component parts that show how the tube is assembled. Printed on front, in part: “The Heart of Bell System Radio Relay These are the 46 parts of the ‘mighty mite’ microwave tube -- the 416. They are made and assembled by Western Electric with all the skill required to produce the finest watch.” Individual components are labeled on the reverse of the display. Reference: https://www.westernelectric.com/s/416B.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 Jack Clifford
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0197.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0197
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0197.01
label: model number
content: 416
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microwave tube
label: Object Name
content: triode
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 17 3/4 in x 2 in; 35.56 cm x 45.085 cm x 5.08 cm