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Dr. Irving Langmuir With Experimental Pliotron Tube, 1930
General Electric Company1930
Museum of Innovation & Science
Schenectady, United States
Dr. Irving Langmuir (1881-1957) holds a developmental pliotron tube used in 1914 for experimental radio telephone communication, which led to the development of commercial radio broadcasting. Langmuir pioneered work in electric lighting, developing a gas-filled incandescent lamp and coiled tungsten filament. In 1932 his surface film studies earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the first industrial scientist to receive the honor.
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- Title: Dr. Irving Langmuir With Experimental Pliotron Tube, 1930
- Creator: General Electric Company
- Date Created: 1930
- Location: Schenectady - Schenectady County - New York
- Physical Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Original Language: English
- Subject Keywords: Inventors; Scientists; Electronic apparatus & appliances; Research; General Electric Company. Research Laboratory.; Langmuir, Irving, 1881-1957
- Type: Photograph
- Publisher: General Electric Company
- Rights: This digital image may be used for educational uses. Please cite as miSci- Museum of Innovation & Science. Prior written permission is required for any other use of the images from miSci.
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