Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLASS C AMPLIFIER/AIR-COOLED
- DATE
- 1940–1951
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0439.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RAYTHEON
- MODEL
- RK20
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.8 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RAYTHEON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S & 1950'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A CLASS C AMPLIFIER IN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH TRANSMISSION - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'RAYTHEON/ RK-20'/ PRINTED ON LABEL: '4-PILLAR/ RADIO TUBE/ 46'/ HANDWRITTEN ON INSIDE SUPPORT: 'W/ 2410'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE BASE/ RED LABEL AFFIXED TO GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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RAYTHEON, Vacuum tube, circa 1940–1951, Artifact no. 1966.0439, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0439.001/
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