Test set, vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- EMISSION
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0166.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- 050
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL BOX/ ALUMINUM PANEL/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS & HOLDERS/ METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 33.0 cm
- Width
- 25.4 cm
- Height
- 12.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHILCO
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1940-1950
- Canada
-
A SAMPLE OF 25 Hz ELECTRICAL APPARATUS/ CANADA, ONTARIO, WAS THE ONLY AREA IN NORTH AMERICA WHERE 25 Hz ELECTRICAL POWER WAS USED. - Function
-
USED TO TEST THE QUALITY OF VACUUM TUBES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'PHILCO/ REGISTERED TRADE MARK/ MODEL 050/ VOLTS 115 WATTS 30/CYCLES 25-60/ C.E.S.A. APPROVAL NO. 6818/ PHILCO CORPORATION OF CANADA TORONTO'/ ON PANEL: 'PHILCO/ TUBE/ TESTER/ MODEL 050' 'LINE' 'LOAD' 'FILAMENT' 'LINE...SHORT.QUALITY TEST' [WITH VARIOUS CALIBRATIONS AROUND KNOBS]/ ON METER: 'PHILCO/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF/ LINE CHECK/ POOR ? GOOD'
- Missing
- TUBE CHARTS
- Finish
- BOX, BLACK WRINKLE ENAMEL/ TOP PANEL, NATURAL ALUMINUM WITH BLACK AND YELLOW TRIM
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Test set, vacuum tube, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1970.0166, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0166.001/
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