General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK CARTON

Dimensions

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

Length

11.3 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

Marconi

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY 1930'S TO 1950'S

Canada

MADE & USED IN CANADA

Function

USED AS A VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER IN A RADIO RECEIVER

Technical

TYPE SAMPLE OF A 'SPECIAL' RECEIVING TUBE DEVELOPED IN THE 1930'S

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TUBE: ON GLASS '40'/ ON SHELL: 'MARCONI/ MADE IN RVC [LOGO] CANADA/ RADIOTRON'/ PRINTING ON CARTON INCLUDES: 'Marconi/ RVC/ MADE IN CANADA/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY/ RADIOTRON/ THE RVC MONO-/ GRAM IS THE/ MARK OF UNEX-/ CELLED RADIO/ TUBE DEIGN/ AND EFFICIENCY/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY/ SEALED AND/ TESTED AT THE/ FACTORY FOR/ YOUR PROTEC-/ TION AND CON-/ VENIENCE./ UNDER PATENTS/ ISSUING ON ONE OR MORE/ OF THE FOLLOWING DATES/ 1916-1923 INCLUSIVE./ MARCONI/ RADIOTRON RVC 40/ WARNING:/ LOOK TO SEE THAT/ STAPLES HAVE NOT/ BEEN TAMPEREDWITH./ MANUFACTURED AND SOLD/ UNDER THE PATENTS AND/ PATENT RIGHTS OF THE/ CANADIAN MARCONI CO.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS; BLACK SHELL/ CARTON: RED, BLACK & WHITE

Decoration

N/A