Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TUNING INDICATOR
- DATE
- 1940–1970
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0651.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Webcor
- MODEL
- 6E5
- 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/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.1 cm
- Width
- 3.0 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
- Webster Chicago
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S & 1950'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED TO INDICATE VISUALLY BY MEANS OF A FLUORESCENT TARGET THE EFFECTS OF A CHANGE IN A CONTROLLING VOLTAGE. IT IS USED AS A CONVENIENT MEANS OF INDICATING ACCURATE RADIO RECEIVING TUNING. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF TUBE MADE BY AMERICAN MANUFACTURER: WEBCOR - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS: '6E5/ 58-13/ 274/ Webcor/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ MOULDED IN BASE: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK SHELL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Webcor, Vacuum tube, between 1940–1970, Artifact no. 1966.0651, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0651.001/
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