Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MEDIUM MU/AMPLIFIER/AC FILAMENT
- DATE
- 1927
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1109.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- UX226
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.2 cm
- Width
- 4.9 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
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A RF OR AF AMPLIFIER IN RADIO RECEIVERS OPERATING FROM AC CURRENT - Technical
-
FIRST AC FILAMENT AMPLIFYING TUBE DEVELOPED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON TOP OF BULB: 'WESTINGHOUSE UX-226/ [WESTINGHOUSE LOGO]'/ LABEL READS: 'WESTINGHOUSE RADIOTRONS/ Sold By/ WARNING - Date/ Positively no adjustment if this label is/ removed or if dealer's name and date of/ sale is omitted./ TE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE/ WHITE LABEL TRIMMED IN ORANGE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1927, Artifact no. 1992.1109, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1109.001/
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