Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FULL WAVE/HIGH VACUUM
- DATE
- 1945
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0353.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 6X4
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.3 cm
- Width
- 1.8 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Hamilton
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN AUTOMOBILE RADIO RECEIVERS OR FOR AC OPERATED RECEIVERS WHERE CURRENT DEMAND IS LOW - Technical
-
EARLY INDIRECTLY-HEATED RECTIFIER/ ONLY 6.3V, 7-PIN MINIATURE RECTIFIER DEVELOPED - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: ON ENVELOPE - '6X4/ Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC TUBE/ M/ R'/ BOX READS IN PART: 'Westinghouse/ ELECTRONIC TUBE/ YOU CAN BE SURE/...IF IT''S/ Westinghouse/ 6X4/ CANADA/ MR'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS WITH YELLOW PRINTING/ BLUE, ORANGE & WHITE BOX
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, circa 1945, Artifact no. 1966.0353, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0353.001/
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