Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: HIGH FREQUENCY/HIGH VOLTAGE
DATE: 1945–1955
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1394.001

MANUFACTURER: Westinghouse
MODEL: JAN 530
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/ COPPER/ ALUMINUM/ STEEL/ BRASS SCREWS & NUTS/ RUBBER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 22.5 cm
Width: 15.4 cm
Height: 21.2 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Radar
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Westinghouse
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: JULY 195? TO SEPT 1958
Canada: USED IN NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA STUDIES OF AURORA AND/OR RADAR STUDIES OF METEORS IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE
Function: VACUUM TUBE WHICH WAS PART OF RADAR TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER SYSTEM; TUBE WAS USED IN CREATION OF RADAR SIGNALS. RADAR SET WAS MODIFIED FOR USE IN UPPER ATMOSPHERIC STUDIES.
Technical: PART OF WWII RADAR SET, MADE SURPLUS & USED BY NRC & COUPLE OF UNIVERSITIES. ORIGINAL RADAR SETS WERE MODIFIED FOR USE IN ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH PROJECTS, INCLUDING STUDIES OF AURORA BOREALIS FROM SASKATOON & RADAR STUDIES OF METEORS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: RED LETTERING ON GLASS READS 'JAN-530/ Westinghouse/ MADE IN U.S.A./ HANDWRITTEN BLACK LETTERING ON GLASS READS 'IN JULY 5/ 58 SEPT/ OUT SEPT 5'?/ LABEL READS IN PART 'THIS TUBE MUST NOT [BE]/ HANDLED BY THE TWO/ FILAMENT PRONS./ HANDLE BY WATER JACKET'
Missing: PART OF RADAR TRANSMITTER RECEIVER SYSTEM
Finish: COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TUBE/ ANODIZED ALUMINUM BASE & MOUNTING FLANGES/COPPER COLOURED PARTS, SOME COATED WITH UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE/ RED GASKET/ METALLIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1945–1955, Artifact no. 1992.1394, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1394.001/

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