Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: VOLTAGE REGULATOR DIODE
DATE: 1957
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0599.001

MANUFACTURER: Marconi
MODEL: 0B3
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 GLASS ENVELOPE; METAL PINS; 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: 3.8 cm
Height: 9.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Vacuum Tubes
Category: Receiving
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Marconi
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: Unknown
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF VACUUM TUBES DONATED TO CSTM BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA.
Function: VACUUM TUBE USED AS VOLTAGE REGULATOR.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF GLOW-DISCHARGE DIODE VOLTAGE REGULATOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 WHITE? LETTERING ON GLASS READS "OB3"; WHITE LETTERING ON BASE READS "BO/ YX/ Marconi [SCRIPT]/RADIOTRON/ RVC [LOGO]/ 30228"; RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF BASE READS "LICENSED ONLY TO EXTENT/INDICATED ON CARTON"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READS "0B3/ MARCONI/ RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "Marconi [SCRIPT]/ RVC [LOGO]/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ RADIOTRON", "MARCONI/ RVC [LOGO]/ RADIOTRON/ THE RVC [LOGO] MONO-/ GRAM IS THE/ MARK OF UNEX-/ CELLED RADIO/ TUBE DESIGN/ AND EFFICIENCY/ CANADIAN MARCONI COMPANY"; "CARTON/ PATENT NO./ 542,977"
Missing: COMPLETE
Finish: .1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; BLACK BASE; METALLIC PINS/.2 RED & BLACK EXTERIOR
Decoration: .2 JAGGED WHITE STRIPE; WHITE STYLIZED GLOBE ON SIDES

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Marconi, Vacuum tube, after 1957, Artifact no. 1998.0599, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1998.0599.001/

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