Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR
- DATE
- 1920–1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0520.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian General Electric
- MODEL
- UV200
- 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/ CERAMIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.2 cm
- Width
- 3.2 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
- General Electric
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN RADIO RECEIVERS AS A DETECTOR FOR EXPERIMENTERS INTERESTED IN CODE WORK AND RECEPTION OVER VERY GREAT DISTANCES - Technical
-
KNOWN AS A 'SOFT' DETECTOR AS IT CONTAINED A SMALL AMOUNT OF ARGON GAS WHICH HAD BEEN FOUND TO GREATLY INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY OF TUBES USED AS DETECTORS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON BASE: 'RADIOTRON/ MODEL-U.V. 200/ PATENTED'/ ETCHED ON GLASS: 'CGE [LOGO]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED BRASS BASE & PINS WITH BLUE PRINTING/ WHITE CERAMIC PLUG
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian General Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1920–1925, Artifact no. 1976.0520, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0520.001/
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