General Electric Company FP 54 Triode Vacuum Tube, circa 1942
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Artifact Overview
Vacuum tubes appear in older radios, televisions, amplifiers, computers, and other electronic devices. Their function: to amplify and strengthen weak electronic signals. Typical tubes are sealed glass bulbs evacuated of gas, allowing electron flow to be influenced by an interior cathode, plate and grid. Perfected in 1906 by Lee De Forest, the vacuum tube was the genesis of a communications revolution.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Vacuum tube
Date Made
circa 1942
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
82.101.16
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Clark E. Quinn.
Material
Composition (Material)
Sheet Metal
Glass (Material)
Dimensions
Diameter: 1.5 in
Height: 5.625 in
Inscriptions
base:
GE E-54 2338
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