Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MULTIPLIER PHOTOTUBE/10 STAGE
- DATE
- 1953
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0657.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RCA
- MODEL
- 5819
- LOCATION
- Harrison, New Jersey, 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 & PARTS; SYNTHETIC BASE/.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
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- 14.6 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Photoemissive
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RCA
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Harrison
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- MID 1950S
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA. - Function
-
HIGH-VACUUM MULTIPLIER PHOTOTUBE USED IN SCINTILLATION COUNTERS FOR DETECTION & MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR RADIATION & IN OTHER APPLICATIONS INVOLVING LOW-LEVEL LARGE-AREA LIGHT SOURCES (REF. 1). - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF HIGH-VACUUM MULTIPLIER PHOTOTUBE USED IN RADIATION DETECTION & MEASUREMENT. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON BASE SIDE READS "RCA/ RADIOTRON/ ELECTRON/ TUBE/ RCA [LOGO]/ 5819/ MADE IN/ U.S.A./ 56-30"; RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/ INDICATED ON CARTON"/.2 WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "RCA/ 5819/ LE59 LE57"; WHITE & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "ELECTRON TUBE/ RADIO CORPORATION/ OF AMERICA/ Harrison, N.J./ Made in U.S.A./ Trade Mark(s) Registered/ Marca(s) Registrada(s)"; "World's Best-Known/ ELECTRON TUBES/ for radio and/ television receivers/ for transmitting and/ industrial equipment"; Tested and Warranted for/ Your Protection"; *
- Missing
- .2 BOX END FLAP
- Finish
- .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BROWN BASE; METALLIC PINS/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
- Decoration
- .2 "RCA" LOGO ON SIDES & END; WHITE STRIPE ON SIDES/ * MARKINGS: WARRANTED AGAINST DEFECTIVE/WORKMANSHIP, MATERIALS AND/ CONSTRUCTION/ YOUR WARRANTY PROTECTION, LICENSE AND PATENT/ NOTICE INSIDE"; WITH WARRANTY & PATENT INFO. ON END FLAPS
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