Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PHOTOTUBE
- DATE
- 1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0747.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 917
- LOCATION
- 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, TIP & 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
- 2.7 cm
- Height
- 11.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Photoemissive
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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
-
PHOTOTUBE USED FOR RELAYS & MEASUREMENTS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF PHOTOTUBE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 SILVER LETTERING ON BASE READS "RCA/ RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE RCA [LOGO]", "917", "MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 57-48"; RED LETTERING ON BASE READS"42303/ Marconi [SCRIPT]/ RADIOTRON RVC [LOGO]"; RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "917/ MARCONI/ RADIOTRON"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "Marconi [SCRIPT]/ RVC [LOGO]/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ RADIOTRON", "MARCONI/ RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ THE RVC [LOGO] MONO-/ GRAM IS THE/ MARK OF UNEX-/ CELLED RADIO/ TUBE DESIGN/ AND EFFICIENCY/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY"; "CARTON/ PATENT NO./ 542,977"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BLACK BASE; METALLIC PINS & TIP/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 JAGGED WHITE STRIPE; WHITE STYLIZED GLOBE ON SIDES
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RCA, Vacuum tube, after 1957, Artifact no. 1998.0747, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0747.001/
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