Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- voltage regulator
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.2940.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Western Electric
- MODEL
- 11A
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
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
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.8 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 2.4 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Telephone
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Western Electric
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- circa 1945+
- 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 voltage regulator tube designed for use in central offices to provide battery feed protection for PBX telephone exchange equipment - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White lettering on glass reads 'W.E. CO./ 11A/ I-53' on tip and 'MECH/ REJ' on side
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Colourless transparent glass/ black base/ metallic components
- Decoration
- N/A
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Western Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1992.2940, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2940.001/
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