Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BEAM POWER TUBE
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0378.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 6BQ6GTB/6CU6
- 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
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A HORIZONTAL-DEFLECTION AMPLIFIER IN COLOUR AND BLACK AND WHITE TELEVISION RECIEVERS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ETCHED ON GLASS: 'U.S.A./ 6BQ6GTB/6CU6'/ PRINTED ON BASE: '6BQ6GT/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ RCA [LOGO]'/ PRINTED ON BOX: 'RCA/ 6BQ6'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE WITH ORANGE PRINTING/ BEIGE BOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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RCA, Vacuum tube, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1966.0378, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1966.0378.001/
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