Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1939
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0392.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 6V6GT
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.3 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Receiving
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS OUTPUT AMPLIFIERS IN AUTOMOBILE, BATTERY-OPERATED, & OTHER RECEIVERS IN WHICH REDUCED PLATE-CURRENT DRAIN IS DESIRABLE - Technical
-
FINAL VERSION OF THE 6V6, A LOWER POWER AMPLIFIER THAN THE FIRST BEAM POWER TETRODE, THE 6L6/ IN THIS FORM THE TUBE REMAINED IN CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION FOR OVER 40 YEARS & MUST BE COUNTED AS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL DESIGNS OF ANY CLASS OF TUBES EVER PRODUCED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS TUBE: '6V6/ GT'/ ON BASE: 'GE [LOGO] Electronics/ TUBE/ M/ E'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GE [LOGO] Electronic/ tube/ 6V6GT/ GE [LOGO]/ Progress Is Our/ Most Important Product/ A Product of/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED/ GE [LOGO]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BASE BLACK WITH WHITE PRINTING/ BEIGE, ORANGE, BLACK & WHITE BOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, circa 1939, Artifact no. 1966.0392, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0392.001/
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