Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLASS A AMPLIFIER HIGH VOLTAGE REGULATOR
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0692.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 6842
- 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; METAL PINS, TIP & 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
- 1.9 cm
- Height
- 5.5 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
- Westinghouse
- 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
-
VACUUM TUBE USED AS CLASS A AMPLIFIER. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MINIATURE HIGH-VOLTAGE REGULATOR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 YELLOW LETTERING ON TUBE READS "W [LOGO]/ Westinghouse/ 6842/ 6 4 3/ C"; WHITE LETTERING READING "MADE IN U.S.A./.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "Westinghouse/ 6842"; BLACK, WHITE & GOLD LETTERING ON SIDESREADING "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 & TIP/.2 GOLD, BLACK & WHITE EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 GOLD "W" LOGO ON SIDES & END
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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0692, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0692.001/
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