Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0670.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cossor, A.C. Ltd.
- MODEL
- SD6
- LOCATION
- London, England
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- TUBE: GLASS & METAL/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 5.0 cm
- Width
- 2.9 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
- Cossor
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- London
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1940'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A DETECTOR IN A RADIO RECEIVER - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF A 'COSSOR' TUBE & AN EARLY MINIATURE TUBE. COSSOR WAS AN IMPORTANT EARLY BRITISH VACUUM TUBE MANUFACTURER. THE TUBE PART OF THE COMPANY WAS SOLD TO E.M.I. IN 1949 (REF.2) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: 'BVA/ COSSOR/ VALVE/ SD-6/ BRITISH MADE'/ CARTON: PRINTING INCLUDES: 'COSSOR/ BRITISH RADIO VALVE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION/ BVA/ Valve/ A.C. COSSOR, LTD./ COSSOR HOUSE,/ HIGHBURY GROVE,/ LONDON, N.5./ COSSOR/ SD6/ FOR EXPORT/ TRADE ONLY'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS/ CARTON: BEIGE WITH RED & NAVY PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cossor, A.C. Ltd., Vacuum tube, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1966.0670, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0670.001/
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