Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMPLIFIER/OSCILLATOR/WATER-COOLED
- DATE
- 1938–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0767.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- 342A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8976
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 53.3 cm
- Width
- 11.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940'S
- Canada
-
USED BY THE CBC - Function
-
USED IN THE FINAL POWER AMPLIFIER OF THE 407A1 (50-KW) TRANSMITTER - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL NEAR TOP: 'Western Electric/ 342A VACUUM TUBE/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/STAMPED ON INSIDE METAL STRIP: '8976'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ CHROMED TOP/ UNFINISHED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Vacuum tube, between 1938–1950, Artifact no. 1969.0767, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.0767.001/
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