De Forest "Audion" tube

Date Made: ca 1918ca 1912

Maker: De Forest Radio Telephone & Telegraph Co.

See more items in: Work and Industry: Electricity, Communications

Exhibition: Inventing in America

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: EM.320363Catalog Number: 320363Accession Number: 242270

Object Name: triodeOther Terms: Electron Tube; Electron Tubes

Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-29cf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_709545

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