Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLASS C/RF AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0637.001
- MANUFACTURER
- EIMAC
- MODEL
- VT130/250TL
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.0 cm
- Width
- 9.3 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
- EIMAC
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S & 1950'S
- Canada
-
MADE FOR DISTRIBUTION BY A CANADIAN COMPANY - Function
-
USED AS A CLASS 'C' RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER IN A RADIO TRANSMITTER. (REF.1). ALSO USED IN THE SCR-268 RADAR SYSTEM AS CHARGING DIODES IN A PLATE-MODULATOR UNIT (REF.2) - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF EARLY TRANSMITTING TUBE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'Eimac/ VT130/250 TL/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ PRINTED ON SHELL: 'MADE FOR/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY LTD.'
- Missing
- SIDE CAP (?)
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ 'CHROMED' METAL SHELL
- Decoration
- N/A
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EIMAC, Vacuum tube, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1966.0637, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0637.001/
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