Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- FULL WAVE/HIGH VACUUM
- DATE
- 1937
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1966.0369.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Canadian Marconi Co.
- MODEL
- 5V4G
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ CARDSTOCK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.4 cm
- Width
- 4.4 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
- Marconi
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED IN TRANSFORMER POWERED RECEIVERS TO RECTIFY AC CURRENT TO DC - Technical
-
THE ONLY INDIRECTLY-HEATED RECTIFIER WITH AN OCTAL BASE IN THE RANGE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON GLASS: 'MADE IN/ 5V4G/ CANADA'/ ON BASE: 'Marconi/ RADIOTRON/ RVC [LOGO]'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'MARCONI/ RVC/ RADIOTRON/ 5V4G/ Marconi [LOGO]/ RVC/ CANADIAN MARCONI/ COMPANY/ RADIOTRON/ THE RVC MONO-/ GRAM IS THE/ MARK OF UNEX-/ CELLED RADIO/ TUBE DESIGN/ AND EFFICIENCY/ PATENTED/ 1935 to 1953/ INCLUSIVE/ C.B. 14'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE WITH RED PRINTING/ BOX: RED, WHITE & BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Canadian Marconi Co., Vacuum tube, circa 1937, Artifact no. 1966.0369, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0369.001/
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