Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- IMAGE ORTHICON
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.1457.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 5820
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- T2893
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- 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
- 38.5 cm
- Width
- 7.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
USED BY CBC IN CANADA - Function
-
USED FOR BOTH OUTDOOR & STUDIO PICKUP/ HAS EXCEPTIONAL SENSITIVITY COMBINED WITH SPECTRAL RESPONSE APPROACHING THAT OF THE EYE/ VERY STABLE AT ALL LIGHT LEVELS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON ENVELOPE: '5820/ T2893'/ ON BASE: 'RCA RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ [LOGO]/ W [IN CIRCLE]/ 31/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 7460'/ ON BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT ON CARTON/ [NUMBERED 1 TO 14]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS ENVELOPE/ SILVERED INNER TUBE/ BROWN BASE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA, Vacuum tube, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1969.1457, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1969.1457.001/
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