Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POST DEFLECTION/5 IN/OSCILLOSCOPE
- DATE
- 1948
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0602.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Radio Corp. of America
- MODEL
- 5CP1A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ CERAMIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 42.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- LATE 1940s
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
INDICATOR TUBE USED IN OSCILLOSCOPE DISPLAYS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF THE MOST COMMON TYPE USED FOR OSCILLOSCOPE WORK. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON GLASS: '5CP1A'/ STAMPED AROUND BASE: 'RCA/ RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 9-22'/ EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON/ [SEQUENTIAL NOS. FROM 1 TO 14]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS PAINTED INSIDE IN SHADES OF GREY WITH WHITE END/ BLACK BASE WITH SILVER PRINTING
- Decoration
- ONE PAINTED BROWN RING INSIDE GLASS
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Radio Corp. of America, Vacuum tube, circa 1948, Artifact no. 1986.0602, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0602.001/
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