Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMPLIFIER/OSCILLATOR
- DATE
- 1916–1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0512.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- R (OSRAM)
- LOCATION
- England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 42485
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ COPPER BASE/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.8 cm
- Width
- 3.8 cm
- 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
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWI
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS AN AMPLIFIER IN A RADIO RECEIVER OR AN OSCILLATOR IN A TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
EARLY BRITISH TRIODE BASED ON THE FRENCH 'TM' TUBES/ MANUFACTURE WAS FIRST UNDERTAKEN IN 1916 BY SEVERAL ELECTRIC LAMP MANUFACTURERS INCLUDING GEC-OSRAM FOR THE BRITISH FORCES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON GLASS: '"OSRAM"/ G.E.C./ MADE IN/ ENGLAND/ R/ 42485'/ STAMPED ON BASE: 'G' 'P'/ MARKED INSIDE: '2749'UR
- Missing
- From CA of 02/04/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Vacuum tube, circa 1916–1917, Artifact no. 1975.0512, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0512.001/
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