Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CLASS A POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0268.001
- MANUFACTURER
- PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD.
- MODEL
- 50A5
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- 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
- 7.6 cm
- Width
- 2.9 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
- PHILCO
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1950'S & 1960'S
- Canada
-
TUBE MADE BY PHILCO IN TORONTO - Function
-
USED AS A BEAM POWER AMPLIFIER IN THE OUTPUT STAGE OF RADIO RECEIVERS (LOKTAL TUBES USUALLY USED IN CAR RADIOS) - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF A 'LOCKTAIL' TUBE. THEY WERE OFTEN USED IN CAR OR PORTABLE RADIO RECEIVERS BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT EASILY DISLODGED FROM THEIR SOCKETS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: PRINTED ON GLASS: 'MADE IN CANADA/ 50A5/ PHILCO/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ LOKTAL/ WHEN RENEWING/ INSIST ON/ A GENUINE/ PHILCO TUBE/ A1'/ CARTON: READS IN PART: 'PHILCO/ TRADE MARK REG./ RADIO TUBE/ 50A5/ Performance Guaranteed [exc.point]/ PHILCO CORP OFCANADA LIMITED TORONTO CANADA'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TUBE: UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH YELLOW PRINTING/ CARTON: BLUE & YELLOW
- Decoration
- N/A
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PHILCO CORP. OF CANADA LTD., Vacuum tube, after 1950, Artifact no. 1994.0268, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1994.0268.001/
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