Traveling wave tube

1936

Title
Traveling wave tube
Collection
Caltech Images Collection
Series
Scientific Instrument Photographs
Identifier
ST-ME-12
Dates
1936
Extents
1 photographs (negative)
Abstract
This item is a long, thin glass tube with a larger cylindrical end. The thin part contains what looks like a coiled spring. The spring is attached to a copper base and some wires in the thicker end. Original wrapping labeled by Mendenhall: “Traveling wave tube/J.R. Pierce ’33/R. Kompner.”
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