Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1923–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0351.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- WD12
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.8 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO DETECT & AMPLIFY RADIO WAVES IN A RECEIVER - Technical
-
ALLOWED FOR THE CONVERSION OF CERTAIN STORAGE-BATTERY RADIO RECEIVERS TO DRY-CELL OPERATION - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'W[LOGO]/ CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ WD-12'/ PRINTED ON LABEL AFFIXED TO BASE: 'THE/ CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE/ CO., LIMITED/ Hamilton, Ontario/ RADIOTRON/ TYPE WD-12/ STYLE 365202/ PATENTED/ LICENSED ONLY FOR AM-/ ATEUR, EXPERIMENTAL AND/ ENTERTAINMENT USE AND/ ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED/ IN ATTACHED [?]'/ EMBOSSED ON CERAMIC INSERT:'52'/ HANDWRITTEN ON CERAMIC: '3800'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ GOLD PAINTED BASE/ GOLD PAPER WITH BLACK PRINTING/ WHITE CERAMIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, between 1923–1925, Artifact no. 1975.0351, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0351.001/
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