The 'Ignitron' tube, 1938. Artist: Unknown.

The 'Ignitron' tube, 1938. Artist: Unknown.

2-622-680 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The 'Ignitron' tube, 1938. Invented by Joseph Slepian, an employee of Westinghouse, the Ignitron is a gas-filled tube known as a mercury-arc rectifier. It is used to switch high currents in heavy industrial processes. Churchman's cigarette card, from a series titled Modern Wonders [WA & AC Churchman, Great Britain & Ireland, 1938].


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
People Related
  1. Joseph Slepian: American: electrical engineer, inventor

Medium
  1. Chromolithograph

Picture Type
  1. Cigarette card

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Technology & Innovation

Trade & Industry Manufacturing & Heavy Industry

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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3980x2876
File Size : 33,535kb


Aliases

  1. 0580031202
  1. 2-622-680
  1. 2622680

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