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Split Anode Magnetron
Split Anode Magnetron

Split Anode Magnetron

Inventory NumberVT0285
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Subject
    Maker Telefunken founded 1903
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions10.3 × 1 × 1 cm (4 1/16 × 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
        Descriptiontested on 6/9/2025 by radiation safety office using a "Thermo-Scientific RIIDEYE M-G3, Radiation Isotope Identification" device
        InscribedOn bottom of tube: RD2Md2/412202.
        Historical Attributes10 cm magentron used as local osc in anti-aircraft gun-laying radar (per Dr. Lusted, 1955), this note in R. Forsberg's Book 3, 321-447 R. Forsberg gave this #T446
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        Percy Williams Bridgman
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        American
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        Theodore William Richards
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        Edwin C. Kemble
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