Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: power amplifier/transmitting
DATE: 1938
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.2942.001

MANUFACTURER: Western Electric
MODEL: 316A
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 5858
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Glass shell with four metal poles/ metal components

Dimensions

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

Length: 6.9 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 6.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Western Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: circa 1938+
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 with a glass shell designed for use as an amplifier in telephone and telegraph equipment.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Brown lettering on glass readd "WESTERN ELECTRIC/ 316A/ 5858'
Missing: Appears complete.
Finish: Colourless transparent glass shell/ metallic components
Decoration: N/A

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Western Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1938, Artifact no. 1992.2942, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.2942.001/

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