Klystron
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROXIMITY FUSE
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0656.001
- MANUFACTURER
- VARIAN ASSOCIATES
- MODEL
- VELVET GLOVE/ V-51
- LOCATION
- Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 5.1 cm
- Height
- 2.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Military
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- VARIAN
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Georgetown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1951 TO MID 1960'S
- Canada
-
PART OF CANADIAN 'VELVET GLOVE' AIR-TO-AIR GUIDED MISSILE DEVELOPED AT THE ELECTRONICS LABORATORY OF DTRE - Function
-
PART OF PROXIMITY FUSE WHICH TRIGGERED MISSILE ON PROXIMITY TO TARGET. A KLYSTRON IS AN ELECTRON TUBE FOR CONVERTING DC ENERGY INTO RADIO FREQUENCY ENERGY BY ALTERNATELY SPEEDING UP AND SLOWING DOWN ELECTRONS (ANGELO, P.115) - Technical
-
KLYSTRONS USED IN THE PROXIMITY FUSE WERE AVAILABLE ONLY IN THE U.S. & DESIGN WAS TOO HIGHLY CLASSIFIED FOR THEM TO BE SHIPPED ACROSS THE BORDER. VARIAN THEREFORE ESTABLISHED A PLANT AT GEORGETOWN TO PRODUCE THEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING READING 'VARIAN AS'/ DETACHED LABEL READING 'V-51 VARIAN KLYSTRON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TRANSPARENT, AMBER SYNTHETIC/ PLATED & UNPLATED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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VARIAN ASSOCIATES, Klystron, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1982.0656, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0656.001/
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