Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POWER OUTPUT AMPLIFIER/CLASS A
- DATE
- 1924–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0628.001
- MANUFACTURER
- M.O. VALVE CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- LS5B
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.8 cm
- Width
- 5.7 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
- MO VALVE
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A POWER OUTPUT VALVE IN RADIO RECEIVERS. THE LETTERS 'LS' IN THE MODEL NUMBER INDICATED THE VALVE WAS INTENDED FOR LOUD-SPEAKER WORKING (REF.1) - Technical
-
HAS A MUCH HIGHER RESISTANCE AND AMPLIFICATION FACTOR THAN MODEL 'LS5' (REF.2)/ TYPE SAMPLE OF ONE OF THE RANGE OF THE FIRST POWER OUTPUT TUBES. (REF.1) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON GLASS: 'MARCONI/ VALVE/ PATENTED/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ LS5B/ FIL. 45 VOLTS/ 21A'/ HANDWRITTEN ON GLASS MOUNTING: 'B'/ STAMPED IN SHELL: 'A/ G'/ MOULDED IN BASE: 'M.O.V./ CO. LTD.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ CHROMED SHELL
- Decoration
- N/A
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M.O. VALVE CO. LTD., Vacuum tube, between 1924–1929, Artifact no. 1966.0628, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0628.001/
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