Western Electric type VT2 radio tube

Western Electric type VT2 radio tube

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Description (Brief)
VT-2 tube with envelope. Audion is being used generically here. Brass 4-pin base (gold tips on tines) with bakelite insulator, two plates and grids with one emitter. Stamped on the shell: "Pat. in U.S.A. / 1-15-07 Two patents / 2-18-03 4-27-15 / 12-19-16 / Pat. Applied For". Reference: Tyne, "Saga of the Vacuum Tube" 100-103, 286-287; https://www.radiomuseum.org/tubes/tube_vt2.html.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Electron Tube
vacuum tube
triode
Other Terms
Electron Tube; Electron Tubes
date made
ca 1917
ca. 1918
maker
Western Electric
Measurements
overall: 3 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 9.525 cm x 3.4925 cm
ID Number
EM.309155.03
accession number
63700
catalog number
309155.03
Credit Line
from Theodore W. Case
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