Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1923–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0422.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse
- MODEL
- WD12
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ BRASS BASE/ CERAMIC INSERT/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BOX WITH PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.3 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
TO DETECT & AMPLIFY RADIO WAVES IN A RADIO RECEIVER - Technical
-
ALLOWED FOR CONVERSION OF CERTAIN STORAGE-BATTERY RADIO RECEIVERS TO DRY CELL OPERATION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TUBE: PAPER LABEL-'RCA'/ DECALS ON BASE: 'RADIOTRON/ TYPE WD-12/ STYLE 36520/ PATENTED/ RCA/[?]MENTAL/ [?]ERTAINMENT USE/ AND ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED/ IN ATTACHED NOTICE'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'Radiotron/ TYPE WD-12/ Detector/ and Amplifier/ (AERIOTRON)/ CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE [LOGO]/ Made in Canada/ Radiotron TYPE WD-12/ Detector/ and/ Amplifier/ (AERIOTRON)/ FIL. VOLTS 1.1/ FIL. AMPS..25/ PLATE VOLTS, 20 TO 80/ Manufactured by/ Canadian Westinghouse Co./ Limited/ Hamilton, Canada/ PATENTED/ 1906/ 1917/ 1920/ [LICENSE NOTICE]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED BASE/ WHITE INSERT/ BOX: BEIGE WITH RED PATTERNED LABEL & BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- RED 'STAR' PATTERN ON BOX
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Canadian Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, between 1923–1925, Artifact no. 1966.0422, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0422.001/
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