Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNING INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0948.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 6AL7GT
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.0 cm
- Width
- 3.2 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN FM RADIO RECEIVERS AS A TUNING INDICATOR - Technical
-
FINAL INDICATOR TUBE TYPE DEVELOPED/ DIFFERED FROM ALL PREVIOUS TYPES IN HAVING TWO RECTANGULAR FLUORESCENT PATTERNS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS: '6AL7/ GT'/ ON BASE: 'MADE FOR/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY'/EMBOSSED ON BASE BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'/ PRINTING ON CARTON INCLUDES: 'WESTINGHOUSE/ W/ Westinghouse/ Radio Tube/ For/ BETTER/ RECEPTION/ 6AL7GT/ Guarantee/ The Canadian Westinghouse Company guarantees this Tube to be free/.../ TRADE MARK REGISTERED/ PATENTED 1931 1948 INCLUSIVE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH BLACK BASE/ ORANGE, BLUE & WHITE BOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1950, Artifact no. 1985.0948, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0948.001/
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