Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROCKET NOSE CONE
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1982.0030.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- AEROBEE
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 4 (?)
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- 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
- N/A
- Width
- 6.8 cm
- Height
- 10.1 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Space Technology
- Category
- Space science
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Manitoba
- Period
- c. 1958
- Canada
-
USED IN A CANADIAN RESEARCH ROCKET - AEROBEE - WHICH WAS NO. 10 IN A SERIES TO DETERMINE ELECTRON DENSITY IN THE D.E. & F. IONOSPHERE LAYERS - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'RCA Radiotron', 'Made in U.S.A.' PRINTED ON BASE/ MODEL NO. PRINTED ON GLASS BUT PARTIALLY BROKEN OFF.
- Missing
- UNKNOWN/ TUBE IS BROKEN & HAS BEEN ENCASED IN EPOXY & MOUNTED ON A BLACK PLASTIC PRESENTATION HOLDER
- Finish
- CLEAR, TRANSPARENT GLASS/ SILVER COLOURED METAL BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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