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General Electric Pliotron ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
General Electric Pliotron |
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Description |
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 Irving Langmuir in 1915, the Pliotron is the first true vacuum triode (a three electrode vacuum tube). |
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Date | 13 June 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q5090408 |
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Accession number |
Schenectady 3 |
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Notes | Image downloaded with permission from the Science History Institute, as part of the Wikipedian in Residence initiative. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Science History Institute | ||||||||||||||||||||
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This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Science History Institute
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Camera manufacturer | OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. |
Camera model | SP510UZ |
Exposure time | 1/30 sec (0.033333333333333) |
F-number | f/2.8 |
ISO speed rating | 511 |
Date and time of data generation | 22:52, 13 June 2007 |
Lens focal length | 6.3 mm |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 150 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 150 dpi |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 |
File change date and time | 11:23, 29 January 2009 |
Y and C positioning | Co-sited |
Exposure Program | Creative program (biased toward depth of field) |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 22:52, 13 June 2007 |
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Image compression mode | 2 |
Exposure bias | 0 |
Maximum land aperture | 2.97 APEX (f/2.8) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression |
Supported Flashpix version | 1 |
Color space | sRGB |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 0 |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | High gain up |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
IIM version | 2 |