Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: THYRATRON/XENON
DATE: 1940–1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0609.001

MANUFACTURER: ELECTRONS INC.
MODEL: ELC3J/A
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 8413
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS/ METAL/ CERAMIC

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.5 cm
Width: 4.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: ELECTRONS
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Newark

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1940s
Canada: USED IN CANADA
Function: USED FOR WELDER CONTROLS ETC.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTED ON GLASS: 'ELECTRONS/ INC./ NEWARK, N.J./ EL C3J/A/ MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE/ OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. PATENTS/ 1,874,753/ 1,723,888 1,880,092 1,928,202/ 1,784,877 1,883,174 1,929,661/ 1,790,152 1,903,144 1,931,254 1,790,153 1,903,145 2,065,997/ 1,817,636 1,905,692 2,081,864/ 1,873,683 1,925,701 2,111,506/ LIGHT FILAMENT BEFORE/ APPLYING D-C LOAD'/ STAMPED ON METAL INSIDE TUBE: '8413'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS/ SILVER PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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ELECTRONS INC., Vacuum tube, between 1940–1949, Artifact no. 1986.0609, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0609.001/

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