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klystron

(Encyclopedia)klystron: see electron tube.

tetrode

(Encyclopedia)tetrode: see electron tube.

grid

(Encyclopedia)grid: see electron tube.

triode

(Encyclopedia)triode: see electron tube.

pentode

(Encyclopedia)pentode: see electron tube.

plate

(Encyclopedia)plate: see electron tube.

vacuum tube

(Encyclopedia)vacuum tube: see electron tube. ...

gas tube

(Encyclopedia)gas tube: see electron tube.

Thomson, Sir George Paget

(Encyclopedia)Thomson, Sir George Paget, 1892–1975, English physicist; son of Sir Joseph John Thomson. He was professor of natural philosophy at the Univ. of Aberdeen (1922–30) and from 1930 to 1952 was profess...

Esaki, Leo

(Encyclopedia)Esaki, Leo, 1925–, Japanese physicist, Ph.D. Univ. of Tokyo, 1959. Esaki was a researcher with IBM from 1960 until his retirement in 1992. He then served (1992–98) as president of the Univ. of Tsu...

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