Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ARGON
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1034.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- TUNGAR 199698
- 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
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.1 cm
- Width
- 5.2 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN BATTERY CHARGERS - Technical
-
FIRST OF THE GAS FILLED RECTIFIERS DEVELOPED/ WAS THE MOST WIDELY USED THERMIONIC RECTIFIER FOR BATTERY CHARGING PURPOSES UP TO THE ADVENT OF MODERN SOLID-STATE DEVICES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED IN BASE: 'TUNGAR BULB/ PAT. 199698/ G.E. CO. U.S.A./ GE [LOGO]/ PATENTED & LIC-/ ENSED AS SET FORTH/ ON CARTON & TAG'/ ETCHED ON GLASS: 'TUNGAR BULB AD/ GE [LOGO]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1992.1034, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1034.001/
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