Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1144.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 238
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- 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
- 11.2 cm
- Width
- 3.8 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
- RCA
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1930'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A POWER AMPLIFIER IN RADIO RECEIVERS WITH THE RELATIVELY LOW HEATER CURRENT MAKING IT SUITABLE FOR AUTOMOBILE RECEIVERS & POWER-LINE OPERATED SETS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH A SERIES HEATER ARRANGEMENT - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "HOT-BRANDED" ON BASE: 'RCA [PRINTED OBLIQUELY ON 3 LINES]/ RADIOTRON/ 238'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA, Vacuum tube, circa 1931, Artifact no. 1992.1144, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1144.001/
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