Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- UHF CONTROL/RF AMPLIFIER/ACORN
- DATE
- 1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA Radiotron Div.
- MODEL
- 956
- LOCATION
- Harrison, New Jersey, United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 67-8684
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- Unknown
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS ENVELOPE/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.0 cm
- Width
- 3.0 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
- New Jersey
- City
- Harrison
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO BE USED AS A RADIO & INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER OR MIXER IN RECEIVERS OPERATING AT WAVELENGTHS AS LOW AS 0.7 METERS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF 'ACORN' TUBE USED FOR RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFICATION AT VERY HIGH FREQUENCIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'RCA [LOGO] 956 MADE IN/ U.S.A.'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'RADIOTRON/ RCA [LOGO]/ RADIO TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]/ 956/ RCA RADIOTRON CO. INC./ Harrison, New Jersey U.S.A./ [LIST OF POSSIBLE PATENTS ON BOTTOM FLAPS]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ RED, BLACK & WHITE BOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA Radiotron Div., Vacuum tube, circa 1936, Artifact no. 1988.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0353.001/
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