Test set, vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMISSION
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0481.001
- MANUFACTURER
- SUPREME INSTRUMENTS CORP.
- MODEL
- 89-S
- LOCATION
- Greenwood, Mississippi, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- FA355
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOODEN CASE & LID WITH METAL HARDWARE/ LEATHER HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC PANEL & KNOBS/ SYNTHETIC, METAL & GLASS WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.2 cm
- Width
- 31.7 cm
- Height
- 14.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- SUPREME
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Mississippi
- City
- Greenwood
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1937 TO 1950
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO TEST CATHODE EMISSION & QUALITY OF VACUUM TUBES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON PANEL: 'SUPREME MODEL 89/ INSTRUMENTS CORP. STANDARD TUBE TESTER'/ PRINTED AROUND KNOBS: 'LEAKAGE/ INDICATOR' 'TOP/CAP GLASS/TUBES' 'TOP/CAPOCTAL/TUBES' '12A5/NORMAL' '12Z5/NORMAL' 'FILAMENT RETURN/SELECTOR' 'QUALITY TEST/SELECTOR' '6Z5/NORMAL' 'LEAKAGE/QUALITY' 'PRIMARY VOLTS SELECTOR''FILAMENT VOLTS SELECTOR' 'FOR LEAKAGE TESTS, DEPRESS ALL BUTTONS, ONE AT A TIME,/ FOR QUALITY TEST, DEPRESS BUTTONS INDICATED IN TUBE LIST'/ STAMPED ON BOTTOM: 'FA-355'/ ON METER: 'SUPREME/ INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION/ GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI/ U.S.A.' 'BAD ? GOOD' '0 [TO] 100'
- Missing
- NEON TUBE/ POWER CORD DEFECTIVE
- Finish
- CASE, NATURAL VARNISH/ PANEL, BLACK GLOSS ENAMEL/ CONTROL DESIGNATIONS PRINTED IN GOLD COLOUR
- Decoration
- N/A
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SUPREME INSTRUMENTS CORP., Test set, vacuum tube, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1970.0481, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0481.001/
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