Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/CLASS A AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1919–1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0068.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MOORHEAD
- MODEL
- VT
- LOCATION
- San Francisco, California, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 2782
- 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
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 2.8 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
- MOORHEAD
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Francisco
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A DETECTOR AND CLASS A AMPLIFIER IN A RADIO RECEIVER - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EARLY DETECTING TUBE; FIRST TUBE TYPES MADE BY MOORHEAD UNDER LICENSE TO DE FOREST AFTER WWI - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON GLASS: 'A/ MOORHEAD AUDION/ SAN FRANCISCO/ 2782'/ SCRATCHED ON BASE: 'I'/ EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM: 'S'
- Missing
- From CA of 02/04/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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MOORHEAD, Vacuum tube, circa 1919–1923, Artifact no. 1976.0068, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0068.001/
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