Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGER
- DATE
- 1916
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1090.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Deforest
- MODEL
- AUDION
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 809
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- 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
- 13.2 cm
- Width
- 5.9 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Deforest
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO CONVERT AC TO DC IN LOW POWER DEFOREST TRANSMITTERS - Technical
-
A RECTIFIER VERSION OF THE SINGER-TYPE AUDION WHICH WAS DEVELOPED TO ACT AS AN OSCILLATOR IN A MUSCIAL INSTRUMENT (FORERUNNER OF THE MODERN ELECTRIC ORGAN) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ENGRAVED IN BASE: 'DE FOREST AUDION/ U.S. PATENT OS. 841387-879532/ SOLD ONLY FOR AMATEUR/ AND EX[?]MENTAL USE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ UNFINISHED BRASS BASE/ BLACK INSERT
- Decoration
- N/A
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Deforest, Vacuum tube, circa 1916, Artifact no. 1992.1090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1090.001/
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