File:General electric pliotron pp schenectady 3.jpg
Summary
General Electric Pliotron: Small glass tube with metal and plastic components; main body of the tube is tear drop in shape and tapers at the bottom into a plastic fitting that has four circular pins; inside the tube are two vertical glass rods that support a series of metal grids and small electrodes.
Invented by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Langmuir" class="extiw" title="w:Irving Langmuir">Irving Langmuir</a> in 1915, the Pliotron is the first true vacuum triode (a three electrode <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vacuum_tube" class="extiw" title="w:vacuum tube">vacuum tube</a>).
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| current | 16:02, 3 January 2017 | | 357 × 750 (291 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <span class="description"> <p>General Electric Pliotron: Small glass tube with metal and plastic components; main body of the tube is tear drop in shape and tapers at the bottom into a plastic fitting that has four circular pins; inside the tube are two vertical glass rods that support a series of metal grids and small electrodes. </p> Invented by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Langmuir" class="extiw" title="w:Irving Langmuir">Irving Langmuir</a> in 1915, the Pliotron is the first true vacuum triode (a three electrode <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vacuum_tube" class="extiw" title="w:vacuum tube">vacuum tube</a>).</span> |
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