Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: HIGH FREQUENCY/DISK SEAL/PLANAR
DATE: 1962
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0246.001

MANUFACTURER: Northern Electric
MODEL: 416B
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: IRON-NICKEL-COBALT ALLOY ANODE/ METALLIZED CERAMIC DISK/ GROUND NICKEL CATHODE ROD/ COPPER/ MOLYBDENUM

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 4.8 cm
Width: 2.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Vacuum Tubes
Category: Telephone
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Northern Electric
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: MADE & USED IN CANADA
Function: USED AS TRANSMITTER AMPLIFIERS IN THE TD2 & TD3 SYSTEMS/ USED IN AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS, SIGNAL GENERATORS, & FREQUENCY CONVERTERS
Technical: EXAMPLES OF TRIODES, DEVELOPED FOR HIGH FREQUENCIES, PART OF A TECHNOLOGY WHICH HAS RECENTLY VANISHED/ DEVELOPED FROM THE 416A
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON BOTTOM: 'Northern Electric 416B/ MADE IN CANADA'/ PRINTED ON SIDE: '6226'/ SCRATCHED INTO BOTTOM: '370/ 5K'/ FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON TUBE: ‘6226' AND ‘Northern Electric 416B/ MADE IN CANADA' PRINTED IN BLACK INK; ‘370/5K' CRUDELY INCISED IN TUBE/ LABEL ON BOX BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: ‘416B Tube. Installed 25/5/64/RF Gain 16 db. when new./ 15 db. when taken out 4/6/64/ Removed upon instructions from/ Montreal, they advise tubes/ should be at least 19/20 db/ when new'/ FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON TUBE: ‘416B/ Western Electric/ MADE IN U.S.A.' PRINTED IN BLACK INK; ‘L/343' CRUDELY INCISED IN TUBE./ FOLLOWING INFO. APPEARS ON TUBE: ‘6126' AND ‘Western Electric/ 416B/ MADE IN U.S.A.' PRINTEC IN BLACK INK; ‘AG/ 739' CRUDELY INCISED IN TUBE/ FOLLOWING INFO. IS STANDARD ON ALL BOXES: ‘WE 416B/ 5960/ 21/ 800/ 5489/ 1 Tube type 6280/ 416B/ CD. 275303 DDP 2PE3-121'.
Missing: From CA of 05/07/1998 by Pat Montero: No - Complete
Finish: GOLD-PLATED.
Decoration: N/A

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Northern Electric, Vacuum tube, 1962, Artifact no. 1986.0246, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0246.001/

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