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magnetron
magnetron
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magnetron

Inventory NumberVT0247
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Cultural Region
    Dimensions9.3 × 2.9 × 2.9 cm (3 11/16 × 1 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)
    DescriptionRINGS CONNECT TO CAVITY
    FunctionExperimental
    cavity magnetron
    Western Electric Company
    Date: circa 1943
    Object number: VT1196
    cavity magnetron
    Raytheon Manufacturing Company
    Date: 1944
    Object number: VT1179
    Magdeburg vacuum device
    American
    Date: circa 1880
    Object number: 1998-1-0078
    Chaffee quenched spark gap
    Emory Leon Chaffee
    Date: 1911-1912
    Object number: 1997-1-0513
    model distillation apparatus with dance card from Engineers' Ball
    August Klein
    Date: circa 1875
    Accessories: booklet (dance card) with pencil catch attached to base
    Object number: DW0480
    Leyden jar with brass hemisphere
    L. E. Knott Apparatus Company
    Date: 1900-1930
    Object number: 1997-1-1405
    Argand brass spirit lamp
    English
    Date: 1850-1900
    Object number: 3756
    maximum gust anemometer
    A. Lawrence Rotch
    Date: circa 1886
    Object number: 1996-1-0136
    Coulter counter
    Coulter Electronics, Inc.
    Date: 1961-1970
    Object number: 2003-1-0104b
    Split Anode Magnetron
    Telefunken
    Object number: VT0285
    VTNBK 3/458
    Telefunken
    Object number: VT0286
    shop-built split-anode magnetron
    Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
    Object number: VT0233