Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER/HIGH VACUUM
- DATE
- 1920–1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0666.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse Lamp Co.
- MODEL
- UV201
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS BASE/ CERAMIC INSERT/ GLASS BULB/ TIT-TOP/ CARDSTOCK BOX & PACKING
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.6 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
- Westinghouse
- 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 TUBE TYPES MADE/ FIRST TUBE TYPE MADE BY W.E.L. CO. FOR RCA - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON BASE: 'RADIOTRON/MODEL UV 201/PATENTED/Licensed for Ama- teur [Or]/Experimental Use Only' AND 'MANUFACTURED FOR/RADIO CORPORATION/OF AMERICA/BY/WESTINGHOUSE LAMP CO./U.S.A.'/ETCHED ON GLASS: 'RC[LOGO]/W/W.L.CO.'STAMPED ON INSERT IN RED: '3022 3022/Radio Ltd.'/PRINTING ON BOX READS IN PART:'RADIOTRON/DETECTOR/AND/AMPLIFIER/(PLIOTRON)/MODEL UV-201/RC [LOGO]/MODEL UV- 201/FIL.VOLT 5/FIL.AMP.1/PLATE V. 20-100/MANUFACTURED FOR/RADIO CORPORATION/OF AMERICA/BY/WESTINGHOUSE LAMP CO./U.S.A./THE TUBE HEREIN/CONTAINED IS LI-/CENSEDFOR AMA-/TEUR OR EXPERI-/MENTAL USE ONLY.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- YELLOW COLOURED GLASS/ WHITE CERAMIC/ BEIGE BOX WITH ORANGE & BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse Lamp Co., Vacuum tube, between 1920–1922, Artifact no. 1985.0666, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0666.001/
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