Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- HIGH MU/AUDIO AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1926–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0620.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- UX240
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBE: GLASS, METAL, SYNTHETIC/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.1 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
- RADIO VALVE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA - Function
-
IT IS DESIGNED FOR USE CHIEFLY IN RESISTANCE COUPLED CIRCUITS AS EITHER A DETECTOR OR AUDIO AMPLIFIER (REF.1). - Technical
-
DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE A MUCH HIGHER AMPLIFICATION FACTOR THAN THE EARLIER UX210 (REF.2). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: PRINTED ON TOP: 'PROPERTY OF CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY'/ HOT BRANDED IN BASE: 'RADIOTRON/ UX-240'/ CARTON: PRINTING INCLUDES: 'RVC/ RADIOTRON/ MODEL/ UX-240/ High MUDetector/ AND/ Voltage Amplifier/ FIL. VOLTS 5/ FIL. AMPS.25/ PLATE VOLTS 180/ (MAXIMUM)/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE RADIO VALVE CO./ OF CANADA, LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH BLACK BASE/ CARTON: BEIGE WITH RED PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA LTD., Vacuum tube, circa 1926–1935, Artifact no. 1966.0620, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0620.001/
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