Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AMPLIFIER PENTODE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0678.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 6197
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 GLASS ENVELOPE; METALPINS & PARTS/.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
- 2.1 cm
- Height
- 6.6 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
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- 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. - Function
-
MINIATURE TYPE VACUUM TUBE USED IN OUTPUT STAGE OF VIDEO AMPLIFIER OF COLOUR & B&W TELEVISION RECEIVERS, & AS WIDE-BAND AMPLIFIER TUBE IN INDUSTRIAL & LABORATORY EQUIPMENT. - Technical
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EXAMPLE OF MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL VERSION OF POWER PENTODE, EQUIVALENT TO COMMERCIAL 6CL6. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "U.S.A./ 6197", "RCA/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]", "NO" & "1-48/ XXM1"/.2 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "RCA/ 6197"; WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON TUBE", "RCA VICTOR/ COMPANY, LTD./ Montreal, Canada", "World's Best-Known/ ELECTRON TUBE", "WARRANTED/ AGAINST DEFECTS/ IN WORKMANSHIP,/ MATERIALS/ AND CONSTRUCTION", "The Fountainhead of/ Modern/ Tube Development is/ RCA", WITH WARRANTY & PATENT INFO. ON END FLAP
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; METALLIC PINS /.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" LOGO ON 2 SIDES OF BOX; "RCA" LOGO ON 2 SIDES
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RCA, Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0678, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0678.001/
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