Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0262.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse
- MODEL
- WX199
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.1 cm
- Width
- 3.5 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- LATE 1920'S
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED AS A DETECTOR OR AMPLIFIER IN EARLY RADIO RECEIVERS - Technical
-
THIS TUBE IS THE CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE VERSION OF THE 199 TYPE. TUBE WAS DEVELOPED TO USE IN RECEIVERS THAT USED DRY-CELL BATTERIES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON TOP OF BULB: 'CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE/ WX-199'/ ON LABEL - 'WESTINGHOUSE RADIOTRON/ Sold By/ WARNING Date/ Positively no adjustment if this label is removed/ or if dealer's name and date of sale is omitted. RE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE/ WHITE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINTING AND ORANGE BORDER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1994.0262, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0262.001/
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