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Some tubes from my collection
(The photos are NOT at the same scale.)
SIEMENS transmitting tube GRI 2
BBC T-1000 1 kW radiation-cooled triode for industrial applications
Rotating anode X-ray tube used in radiology cabinets
Thyratron Thomson-CSF TH 6090
F-129B. This
14" water-cooled tube was choosen to power the great 50KW
Clear Voice WLW
signal from Cincinatti, as well as the 200KW Crosley Voice of
America Bethany Relay
Station transmitter, the first VOA facility capable of
broadcasting worldwide in West Chester, Ohio
SIEMENS
RS607 power tube
suspended by springs in its original packing
Two British
Geiger-Müller tubes
(used to measure radioactivity)
Industrial X-ray tube (2000 W)
Crookes' Maltese cross tube, still used to demonstrate the properties of cathode rays
Triode 250TH
Triode VT-19 Westinghouse
Röntgen tube (X-rays) used for laboratory experiments
High voltage rectifer, for use in medical X-rays equipment
Thermocouple vacuum gauge
5J33 Magnetron (radar jammers, WW II)
The largest
flash lamp ever built; it can produce a 160,000 lumens flash
(by comparison, an ordinary 60W incandescent lamp produces only
730 lumens)
RCA 857B
mercury vapor rectifier
This tube is 50 cm long
