Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0701.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric
- MODEL
- UY227
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.3 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
MADE & USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO DETECT & AMPLIFY RADIO WAVES IN A RADIO RECEIVER USING AC CURRENT - Technical
-
FIRST INDIRECTLY HEATED CATHODE TUBE DEVELOPED/ EARLY AC TUBE/ FIRST 5 PIN TUBE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP OF BULB: 'RADIOTRON UY227/ RVC'/ ON LABELS: 'ACREMETER TESTED/ ORME, Ltd./ 75 SPARKS ST., OTTAWA, ONT./ TESTED BY/ ACTUAL TEST/ DATE SOLD/ [HANDWRITTEN] 5 MAY 11/30/ 7-5. 25' 'CGE [LOGO] RVC [LOGO]/ "AC" RADIOTRON/ UY 227/ GUARANTEED FOR 90 DAYS/ FROM DATE OF SALE/ NO ADJUSTMENT WILL BE MADE/ UNLESS SPACES 1 AND 2 ARE/ FILLED IN AT TIME OF SALE/ 1 SEALER/ (SIGNATURE)/ 2 DATE/ SOLD/ DATE/ RETURNED/ CODE/ [HANDWRITTEN] GOOD'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE/ WHITE PAPER LABELS WITH BLUE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1927, Artifact no. 1982.0701, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1982.0701.001/
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