Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER/HIGH VACUUM
- DATE
- 1920–1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0441.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric Co.
- MODEL
- UV201
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.9 cm
- Width
- 4.5 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
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS AN AMPLIFIER IN RADIO RECEIVERS - Technical
-
ONE OF THE FIRST 'HARD' OR HIGH VACUUM AMPLIFIER TYPE TUBES/ THIS TUBE TYPE & THE UV200 WERE THE FIRST TUBES MARKETED BY RCA THAT WERE MANUFACTURED BY GE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: ON GLASS: 'RC [LOGO]/ GE [LOGO]'/ STAMPED ON BASE: 'RADIOTRON/ MODEL UV-201/ PATENTED/ LICENSED FOR AMATEUR [?]/ EXPERIMENTAL USE ONLY'/HANDPAINTED INSIDE BULB: '1+13'/ BOX: MARKINGS INCLUDE: 'RC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ DETECTOR/ AND/ AMPLIFIER (PLIOTRON)/ MODEL UV-201/ FIL. VOLT 5/ FIL. AMP 1/ PLATE V. 20-100/ MANUFACTURED FOR/ RADIO CORPORATION/ OF AMERICA/ BY/ GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./ U.S.A./ GE [LOGO]/ PATENTED/ NOV. 7, 1905/ JAN. 15, 1907/ FEB. 18, 1908/ APR. 12, 1910/ FEB. 27, 1912/ APR. 2, 1912/ DEC. 30, 1913/ JULY 28, 1914/ MAY 18, 1915/ OCT. 31, 1916/ JUNE 4, 1918/ JULY 23, 1918/ DEC. 17, 1918/ FEB. 18, 1919'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ WHITE CERAMIC/ BEIGE BOX WITH BLUE LETTERING
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric Co., Vacuum tube, between 1920–1922, Artifact no. 1980.0441, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0441.001/
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