Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0057.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- UY227
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK/ PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.3 cm
- Width
- 4.3 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
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1920'S
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN MADE AC TUBE THAT WAS A VARIANT OF A U.S. TUBE - Function
-
TO DETECT & TO AMPLIFY RADIO WAVES IN A RADIO RECEIVER USING AC CURRENT - Technical
-
FIRST INDIRECTLY HEATED CATHODE TUBE DEVELOPED/ FIRST TUBE THAT THE FILAMENT COUND BE OPERATED ON ALTERNATING CURRENT - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON TOP: 'WESTINGHOUSE-DE FOREST CROSLEY/ UY 227'/ LABELS AFFIXED TO BULB READ: 'SPECIALLY BALANCED/ DE FOREST/ CROSLEY' 'WESTINGHOUSE RADIOTRONS/ MANUFACTURED FOR/ DE FOREST CROSLEY/ Sold By.../ Date... Ts'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1927, Artifact no. 1976.0057, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0057.001/
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