Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CATHODE RAY
- DATE
- 1958
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0044.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP.
- MODEL
- PREDICTA 4710
- 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
- Predominantly synthetic with metal outer trim ring & handle, and metal stand. Glass CRT display tube inside. Synthetic flat cable ends in synthetic connector with metal pins and hardware.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 61.0 cm
- Width
- 34.0 cm
- Height
- 57.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- PHILCO
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1960'S
- Canada
-
TYPE OF SET WAS AVAILABLE IN CANADA - Function
-
TO RECEIVE B&W TELEVISION PICTURES IN THE VHF RANGE. - Technical
-
THE FIRST (AND PROBABLY ONLY) TV SET THAT ALLOWED FOR THE SEPARATION OF THE PICTURE TUBE FROM THE MAIN CHASSIS OF THE SET. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Front top: "PHILCO/ Predicta"/ Rear: "PHILCO/ Predicta", silver label with text "THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY/ OF CANADA 328338"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Front is grey/green with a gold-coloured trim around the outside. Back is satin beige. Outer handle & mount pieces are gold-coloured. Stand is brown/beige on the lower half and gold-coloured on the upper half. Flat cable is matte off-white and ends in a large matte off-white connector with grey metallic pins and hardware.
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILCO CORP., Vacuum tube, circa 1958, Artifact no. 1992.0044, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.0044.001/
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