Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: power amplifier
DATE: 1926
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2936.001

MANUFACTURER: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
MODEL: UX171-A
LOCATION: Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Vulcanite base with four metal poles/ glass dome/ metal components/ paper labels

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.4 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 4.4 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Westinghouse
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Bloomfield

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: circa 1926+
Canada: Part of a large and varied collection of over 7500 electrical items acquired and documented by Ontario Hydro in the 1960s. The collection was thought to be the largest and most comprehensive of its kind in Canada and was donated to the Canada Science and Technology Museum in 1992
Function: A filament type triode designed primarily for use in the last audio stage of audio frequency amplifiers.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White lettering on bulb tip reads 'WESTINGHOUSE/ [logo]/ UX-171-A'/ black lettering on label reads 'WESTINGHOUSE RADIOTRONS'/ red lettering on label reads 'FOR USE IN LAST AUDIO STAGE ONLY'
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Colourless transparent and silvered glass/ black base/ black and metallic components/ white? and red labels
Decoration: N/A

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Westinghouse Electric Corp., Vacuum tube, circa 1926, Artifact no. 1992.2936, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2936.001/

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