Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CINE SOUND/ARGON
- DATE
- 1940–1949
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0556.001
- MANUFACTURER
- General Electric
- MODEL
- PJ15
- 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
- GLASS ENVELOPE/ SYNTHETIC BASE/ METAL & GLASS WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 6.3 cm
- Height
- 15.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Photoemissive
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- General Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN EARLY RCA PHOTOPHONE PROJECTORS TO TRANSLATE VARIATIONS IN LIGHT THROUGH THE FILM INTO CORRESPONDING VARIATIONS IN ELECTRICAL SIGNALS WHICH ARE TRANSLATED INTO AUDIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS. - Technical
-
SAME AS UX867/ SUPERCEDED BY 868 - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'GE [LOGO]/ PJ15'/ STAMPED IN BOTTOM: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS PARTIALLY SILVERED/ BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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General Electric, Vacuum tube, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1986.0556, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0556.001/
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