Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: HALF WAVE/HIGH VACUUM
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0647.001

MANUFACTURER: Radio Corp. of America
MODEL: 2X2A
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 48482
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: TUBE: GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ CARTON: CARDSTOCK

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.3 cm
Width: 3.8 cm
Height: N/A
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: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY 1960'S
Canada: MADE IN USA FOR THE CANADIAN MARCONI CO.
Function: USED TO CONVERT ALTERNATING CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: TUBE: ON GLASS: '2X2A'/ ON SHELL: 'JAN/ CRC-2X2-A/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 59-04/ RCA [LOGO] C9/ MADE FOR/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ 48482'/ MOLDED IN BASE: 'LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT INDICATED ON CARTON'/ PRINTING ON CARTON INCLUDES: 'ONE EA/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ JAN/ CRC-2X2A/ CV597/ DOT-0/N-P-11727/ FILE-NO-8P-6184/ REQ.-NO-P-513AYZ/ Mfd. By/ RADIO CORP./ OF AMERICA/ Date Pkd. 1/59/ IF THERE IS A "CV" VALVE PHYSICALLY ANDELECTRI-/ CALLY SIMILAR TO THIS ELECTRON TUBE, WHICH IN/ MOST APPLICATIONS SHOULD OPERATE SATISFACTORI-/ LY, THE APPLICABLE "CV" VALVE NUMBER APPEARS/ EITHER BELOW OR ON AN ADJACENT PANEL.'
Missing: N/A
Finish: TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS; BLACK BASE WITH SILVER PRINTING/ CARTON: BEIGE WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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