Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1917–1919
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0065.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- VT2
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 606976
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 10.8 cm
- Width
- 2.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Telephone
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Europe
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWI
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A TRANSMITTING TUBE IN MILITARY RADIO TELEPHONES - Technical
-
WAS DEVELOPED AS THE RESULT OF A U.S. SIGNAL CORPS REQUEST FOR A SMALL TRANSMITTING TUBE TO FUNCTION AT 300 PLATE VOLTS/ HAD IMPROVED PLATE & BRACING WIRES OVER EARLIER TUBES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS: '606976 CW-931'/ ETCHED IN BASE: 'SIGNAL CORPS/ VT2/ WESTERN/ ELECTRIC CO. INC./ PAT IN U.S.A./ 1-15-07 TWO PATENTS/ 2-18-08, 4-27-15/ 12-19-16/ PAT. APPLIED FOR'
- Missing
- From CA of 05/01/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED METAL BASE WITH BROWN BOTTOM INSET
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric Co. Inc., Vacuum tube, circa 1917–1919, Artifact no. 1976.0065, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0065.001/
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