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FW Hg rectifier
VTNBK 4/609

FW Hg rectifier

Dateafter 1937
Inventory NumberVT0476
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Cultural Region
    Place of Origin
      Dimensions14.3 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm (5 5/8 × 2 × 2 in.)
      Material
        DescriptionTWO CYL ANODES, Similar to RCA 83
        FunctionFull-wave mercury-vapor rectifier. Used in 71B and 90A Amplifiers, 12A Rectifier, 280 Panel, 443A1 RTE, and 50-k W FM transmitters. Manufacture discontinued 1978
        Western Electric Company
        Date: after 1937
        Object number: VT4056
        Western Electric Company
        Date: after 1937
        Object number: VT4055
        Western Electric Company
        Date: after 1937
        Object number: VT4057
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        General Electric Company
        Object number: VT0562
        experimental full-wave rectifier tube
        Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
        Date: 1930
        Object number: VT0203
        mercury arc rectifier tube
        General Electric Company
        Date: 1915-1920
        Object number: VT1917
        experimental diode tube
        Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
        Date: 1938
        Object number: VT0217
        experimental filament test tube
        Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
        Date: 1938
        Object number: VT0218
        Raytheon Manufacturing Company
        Object number: VT0903
        Western Electric Company
        Date: 1926
        Object number: VT0675
        WE 304A transmitting triode tube
        Western Electric Company
        Date: after 1934
        Object number: VT0611