Artifact Details

Title

Whirlwind vacuum tube module

Catalog Number

B1513.01

Type

Physical object

Description

Two vacuum tubes in a module with black handle. "Control Pulse Output" on gray front plate.

Date

1951

Manufacturer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Place Manufactured

Boston, MA, U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Serial number 100 On front grey front
plate

Dimensions

overall: 2 in x 6 in x 10 1/4 in

Category

Component/vacuum tube

Collection Title

Gwen Bell artifact and book collection

Series Title

Pre-computing artifacts

Credit

Gift of Gwen and Gordon Bell

Lot Number

B1513.01