Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PENTAGRID CONVERTER
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0271.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Sylvania
- MODEL
- 1LA6
- LOCATION
- 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
- TUBE: GLASS, METAL, SYNTHETIC/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.8 cm
- Width
- 3.0 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
- Sylvania
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S & 1960'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A FREQUENCY CONVERTER (RF TO IF) IN AM AND FM BATTERY OPERATED RADIO RECEIVERS. - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF CONVERTER TUBE. THE "1" SERIES WERE USUALLY INTENDED FOR BATTERY OPERATED RECEIVERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: ON GLASS - '1LAG/ G4E/ SYLVANIA/ MADE IN U.S.A./ S [LOGO]'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'SYLVANIA/ ELECTRON TUBE/ FOR RADIO, TELEVISION AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT/ SYLVANIA/ 1LA6/ ELECTRONIC/ TUBE/ MADE IN U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH YELLOW PRINTING/ CARTON: BLACK & YELLOW
- Decoration
- N/A
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Sylvania, Vacuum tube, between 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1994.0271, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0271.001/
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