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; SYNTHETIC BASE/.2 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

5.7 cm

Height

14.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Vacuum Tubes

Category

Photoemissive

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

RCA

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Harrison

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

MID 1950S

Canada

FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA.

Function

HIGH-VACUUM MULTIPLIER PHOTOTUBE USED IN SCINTILLATION COUNTERS FOR DETECTION & MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR RADIATION & IN OTHER APPLICATIONS INVOLVING LOW-LEVEL LARGE-AREA LIGHT SOURCES (REF. 1).

Technical

EXAMPLE OF HIGH-VACUUM MULTIPLIER PHOTOTUBE USED IN RADIATION DETECTION & MEASUREMENT.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON BASE SIDE READS "RCA/ RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]/ 5819/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 56-30"; RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON"/.2 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "RCA/ 5819/ LE59 LE57"; WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "ELECTRON TUBE/ RADIO CORPORATION/ OF AMERICA/ Harrison, N.J./ Made in U.S.A./ Trade Mark(s) Registered/ Marca(s) Registrada(s)"; "World's Best-Known/ ELECTRON TUBES/ for radio and/ television receivers/ for transmitting and/ industrial equipment"; Tested and Warranted for/ Your Protection"; *

Missing

.2 BOX END FLAP

Finish

.1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BROWN BASE; METALLIC PINS/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR

Decoration

.2 "RCA" LOGO ON SIDES & END; WHITE STRIPE ON SIDES/ * MARKINGS: WARRANTED AGAINST DEFECTIVE/WORKMANSHIP, MATERIALS AND/ CONSTRUCTION/ YOUR WARRANTY PROTECTION, LICENSE AND PATENT/ NOTICE INSIDE"; WITH WARRANTY & PATENT INFO. ON END FLAPS