Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- OSCILLATOR-AMPLIFIER TRIODE/PENTODE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0621.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Marconi
- MODEL
- 16A8/PCL82
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 GLASS ENVELOPE; METAL PINS & PARTS/.2 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 2.1 cm
- Height
- 7.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Receiving
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Marconi
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA. MFD. AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BY CANADIAN COMPANY. - Function
-
VACUUM TUBE USED AS OSCILLATOR (TRIODE) & AUDIO POWER AMPLIFIER (PENTODE). - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF OSCILLATOR-POWER AMPLIFIER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 YELLOW LETTERING ON TUBE READS "W [LOGO]/ Westinghouse"; WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "PCL82/ 16A8"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON END FLAP READS "Westinghouse/ PCL82/ 16A8"; BLACK, WHITE &GOLD LETTERING ON SIDES READING "Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC TUBE/ Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited/ HAMILTON, CANADA", "you can be sure...if it's/ Westinghouse", "Printed in Canada"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; METALLIC PINS/.2 BLACK, WHITE & GOLD EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 GOLD "W" LOGO ON SIDES & END
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Marconi, Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0621, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0621.001/
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