Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BALLAST
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0686.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Amperite Co.
- MODEL
- 6-4
- LOCATION
- Union City, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 GLASS ENVELOPE; METAL PINS & PARTS; SYNTHETIC BASE/.2 CARDBOARD BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 8.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Amperite
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Union City
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA. - Function
-
VACUUM TUBE USED AS FOR AUTOMATIC REGULATION OF CURRENT & VOLTAGE, FUNCTIONING AS AUTOMATIC RHEOSTAT TO KEEP CURRENT IN CIRCUIT AT DEFINITE VALUE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF BALLAST TUBE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "AMPERITE/ TJ601K01/ 6-4"/.2 BLACK "6-4" ON BOX END; BLACK LETTERING ON OPPOSITE END FLAP READS "AMPERITE CO./ UNION CITY, N.J."; BLACK LETTERING ON SIDES READS "AUTOMATIC/ REGULATOR/ AMPERITE [LOGO]/ MADE IN U.S.A./ PRINTED IN U.S.A./ BALLAST RESISTANCE FOR/ AUTOMATIC REGULATION/ OF CURRENT AND VOLTAGE"; WHITE LETTERING ON SIDES READS "AMPERITE AUTOMATICALLY/ CONTROLS CURRENT AND/ VOLTAGE FLUCTUATIONS./ RECOMMENDED BY LEADING/ MANUFACTURERS AND/ SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS./ AMPERITE PROLONGS THE/ LIFE OF TUBES, SETS,/ AND OTHER APPARATUS" WITH PATENT INFO.
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BLACK BASE; METALLIC PINS/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 AMPERITE LOGOON SIDES & END OF BOX
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Amperite Co., Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0686, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0686.001/
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