Oscilloscope
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CATHODE RAY
- DATE
- 1935–1936
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1977.0611.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Radio Corp. of America
- MODEL
- 155A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET WITH BROWN WRINKLE ENAMEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.2 cm
- Width
- 34.6 cm
- Height
- 34.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Service-test equipment
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- USED AT N.E.C. FROM 1936 TO ABOUT 1950
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA/ ONE OF THE FIRST OSCILLOSCOPES AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY. - Function
-
USED TO EXAMINE WAVEFORMS IN RADIO WORK - Technical
-
INVENTION OF CATHODE RAY TUBE LED RAPIDLY TO ITS USE IN OSCILLOSCOPES IN 1921. PREVIOUSLY, TO PICTURE A WAVE OFELECTRICITY, A STRING GALVANOMETER WAS USED ALONG WITH A ROTATING MIRROR, THE WHOLE PROJECTED ONTO A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE. (* CONT'D ON WORKSHEET IN O:DRIVE SUPP.INFO.) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- COMPLETE; NOT OPERATING WELL. TRACE ON SCREEN, BUT FORMS AT END OF TRAVEL & VERTICAL AMP AND SYNC. NEEDS SOME WORK./ MISSING MFR'S PLATE
- Finish
- SILVER COVERED FACE PLATE WITH BLACK LETTERING/ 3" PICTURE TUBE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Radio Corp. of America, Oscilloscope, circa 1935–1936, Artifact no. 1977.0611, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0611.001/
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