Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: GRAPECON/CATHODE RAY
DATE: 1945–1950
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1969.1512.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric Co.
MODEL: VCRX313
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: 42
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 46.0 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Height: 17.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Vacuum Tubes
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: PART OF NRC'S "MUSEUM" COLLECTION
Function: USED AS A TV PICTURE STORAGE TUBE - POSSIBLY USED IN EARLY OSCILLOSCOPES AND TV'S WITH TEXT AS OUTPUT (REF.1) IT MAKES POSSIBLE TV PICTURES OF OSCILLOGRAMS OR RADAR PATTERNS THAT CAN BE VIEWED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES.
Technical: AN ADVANCE ON THE ICONOSCOPE WHICH WAS DEVELOPED FOR TV IN 1936 AS IT IS A COMBINATION OF A KINESCOPE AND ICONOSCOPE IN ONE BULB
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABELS: 'VCRX313/ 421/ DEVELOPMENTAL CATHODE RAY TUBE/ Type VCRX313 Ser. No. 42/ This Cathode [?] lied by the Research/ Labora[?] ElectricCo., Ltd. for/ Labora[?] purposes, without any/ obligat[?] alies or manufacture.'/ 'G.E.C./ REGD. TRADE MARK/ CATHODE/ RAY/ TUBE/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ TYPE VCRX313/ SERIAL NO. 42'/ STAMPED INSIDE ARMS: '7206' '7207'
Missing: LABEL TORN & PART MISSING
Finish: INTERIOR OF GLASS BODY PAINTED WHITE; TOP OF INTERIOR OF ARMS PAINTED BLACK/ BLACK & WHITE LABELS
Decoration: N/A

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General Electric Co., Vacuum tube, circa 1945–1950, Artifact no. 1969.1512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1512.001/

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