Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LOW POWER AMP/DETECTOR/PEANUT
- DATE
- 1922–1923
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0248.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- R215A
- LOCATION
- Montréal, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- 1.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Telephone
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Montréal
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1920'S
- Canada
-
MADE BY A CANADIAN CO. IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS AN AUDIO & INTERMEDIATE FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER, DETECTOR OR OSCILLATOR - Technical
-
DEVELOPMENT STARTED BY WESTERN ELECTRIC DURING WWI FOR USE IN BATTERY-OPERATED RADIO TRENCH SETS/ FIRST AMERICAN SMALL TUBE TYPE/ POSSIBLY THE FIRST TUBE TYPE EQUIPPED WITH A MOULDED BASE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'KK' MOULDED IN BASE BOTTOM
- Missing
- From CA of 05/11/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS; BLACK SHELL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1922–1923, Artifact no. 1994.0248, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0248.001/
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