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Thyratron. The source of this military surplus tube reports it contains over 1/2 gram of gold (a few dollars worth). Please no jokes about gold-plated military hardware. The gold here is sintered, not plated. Solid state electronics are fantastic, but the artistry of vacuum tubes is of a more human scale, and it will be missed when, in a few more decades, tubes like this will be purely museum curiosities. Source: eBay seller heruur Contributor: eBay seller heruur Acquired: 24 December, 2003 Price: Donated Size: 5" Purity: >99% | |||
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