Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR
- DATE
- 1926–1935
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0523.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA
- MODEL
- UX200A
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.4 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
- RADIO VALVE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MFG. IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS A DETECTOR IN RADIO RECEIVERS - Technical
-
CONTAINS CAESIUM VAPOUR INSTEAD OF ARGON GAS (LIKE UX200TYPE) RESULTING IN MUCH MORE STABLE OPERATION & AN INCREASE IN SENSITIVITY - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS AT TOP OF BULB: 'RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON UX200A'/ EMBOSSED ON BASE BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'/ PRINTING ON BASE INCLUDES: 'RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ MODEL/ UX-200-A/ DETECTOR/ FIL. VOLTS 5/ FIL. AMPS.25/ PLATE VOLTS 45/ (MAXIMUM)/ MANUFACTURED BY/ THE RADIO VALVE CO./ OF CANADA, LIMITED/ TORONTO CANADA/ PATENTED/ 1911/1912/ 1914/1915/1916/1917/1918/1919/1920/1921/1922/1923/1924/1925/1926/ RVC [LOGO]/R.V.C. 29'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE/ BEIGE BOX WITH WINE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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RADIO VALVE CO. OF CANADA, Vacuum tube, circa 1926–1935, Artifact no. 1976.0523, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0523.001/
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