Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNING INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.1205.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 6N5
- 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/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS AN ELECTRONIC TUNING INDICATOR IN BATTERY RADIO RECEIVERS - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF AN EARLY ELECTRONIC RAY INDICATOR DEVELOPED TO INDICATE ACCURATE RADIO RECEIVER TUNING - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL AFFIXED TO GLASS READS: '6N5/ Tested O.K. [IN CURSIVE]/ DEC. 16 1938'/ PRINTED ON BASE: 'R[?]A Rad[?]on/ MADE IN U.S.A./ [?]/ AS STATED/ ON CARTON'/ STAMPED: 'U3'/ EMBOSSED IN BASE BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE WITH ORANGE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA, Vacuum tube, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1987.1205, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.1205.001/
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