Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DETECTOR/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1925
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0355.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- WX12
- LOCATION
- Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ PAPER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.0 cm
- Width
- 3.7 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
- 1920'S & 1930'S
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A RADIO DETECTOR & AUDIO AMPLIFIER IN DRY CELL OPERATED RADIO RECEIVERS - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TUBE: STAMPED ON TOP - 'CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE/ WX-12'/ BOX: PRINTING INCLUDES - 'Westinghouse/ [LOGO] CANADIAN/ WESTINGHOUSE/ W.X.-12/ DETECTOR &/ AMPLIFIER/ FIL. VOLTS 1.1/ FIL. AMP'S.25/ PLATE VOLTS 135/ (MAXIMUM)/ CANADIAN WESTINGHOUSE Co. Ltd./ Hamilton, Canada/ Radiotron'
- Missing
- ENDS OF BOX
- Finish
- TUBE: SILVERED GLASS, BLACK BASE/ BOX: RED, WHITE & BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Westinghouse Co. Ltd., Vacuum tube, circa 1925, Artifact no. 1966.0355, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0355.001/
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