Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- UHF DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER/ACORN
- DATE
- 1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0565.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Radio Corp. of America
- MODEL
- 954
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.4 cm
- Width
- 5.7 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
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY WWII
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS A SHORT-WAVE RADIO AMPLIFIER BY AMATEURS & EXPERIMENTERS ON VERY SHORT WAVELENGTH WORK (TO 0.7 METERS)/ ESPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR USE IN COMPACT RADIO RECEIVING EQUIPMENT - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - PROBABLY USED IN EARLY RADAR EXPERIMENTAL WORK AT NRC - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON GLASS: 'RCA [LOGO] 954 MADE IN U.S.A./ MADE FOR CANADA MARCONI COMPANY'
- Missing
- BOTTOM OF GLASS BULB BROKEN WHERE WIRE EXITS
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ CLEAR LACQUER ON TOP-SIDE OF CERAMIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Radio Corp. of America, Vacuum tube, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1986.0565, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0565.001/
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