Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENTAGRID CONVERTER
- DATE
- 1933
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0374.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 6A7
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.9 cm
- Width
- 3.7 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A COMBINATION OSCILLATOR, MIXER, AND FIRST DETECTOR IN A SUPERHETERODYNE RADIO RECEIVER - Technical
-
FIRST MODIFICATION OF THE 2A7 TYPE TUBE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON GLASS: '6A7'/ PRINTED ON BASE: 'TX GE[LOGO] Electronic/ TUBE'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GE[LOGO]/ Electronic/ tube/ Progress Is Our/ Most Important Product/ A Product of/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED/ 6A7'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS; BLACK BASE WITH ORANGE PRINTING/ GREY, ORANGE & WHITE BOX WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, after 1933, Artifact no. 1966.0374, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0374.001/
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