Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SHARP CUTOFF/RF AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1967.1029.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- 57
- 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/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A BIASED DETECTOR IN A-C RECEIVERS DESIGNED FOR ITS CHARACTERISTICS, ALSO AS A LOW SIGNAL-INPUT, SCREEN-GRID AMPLIFIER TUBE AND AS AN AUTOMATIC VOLUME CONTROL TUBE - Technical
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FIRST 2.5V R.F. PENTODE, ALONG WITH TYPE 58, DEVELOPED IN THE U.S./ ALSO 1ST TUBE TYPES TO USE THE 'ST' STYLE DOMED BULBS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS: 'RADIOTRON RVC 57/ RVC'/ ON BASE: 'GE [LOGO]/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ RADIOTRON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1967.1029, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1967.1029.001/
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