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OBJECT TYPE: GRID CONTROL RECTIFIER THYRATRON/TETRODE
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0772.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: GL5663
LOCATION: United States of America

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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 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: 1.8 cm
Height: 3.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Vacuum Tubes
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: General Electric
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: THYRATRON VACUUM TUBE USED AS GRID CONTROL RECTIFIER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF MINIATURE 4 ELECTRODE, INERT GAS FILLED THYRATRON WITH NEGATIVE CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS INDEPENDENT OF AMBIENT TEMPERATURE OVER WIDE RANGE. SMALL SIZE & LIGHT WEIGHT MAKE IT USEFUL FOR CONTROL & RELAYAPPLICATIONS WHERE SIZE & WEIGHT ARE FACTORS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE LETTERING ON TUBE READS "GE [LOGO]/ GL-5663/ U.S.A.", "5663" & "1-30/ 188-5"; RED "RVC [LOGO]" & "G1/ 41973"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "MARCONI/ RADIOTRON/ GL-5663"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "Marconi [SCRIPT]/ RVC [LOGO]/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ RADIOTRON", "MARCONI/ RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ THE RVC [LOGO] MONO-/ GRAM IS THE/ MARK OF UNEX-/ CELLED RADIO/ TUBE DESIGN/ AND EFFICIENCY/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY"; GUARANTEE INFO. ON BOX SIDE; PATENT INFO. ON FLAP
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; METALLIC PINS/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
Decoration: .2 JAGGED WHITE STRIPE; WHITE STYLIZED GLOBE OR RVC LOGO ON SIDES

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General Electric, Vacuum tube, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.0772, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0772.001/

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