Vacuum tube

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OBJECT TYPE: BEAM POWER AMPLIFIER
DATE: 1946
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0495.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 3Q5GT
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: GLASS/ SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 7.4 cm
Width: 3.2 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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: MADE FOR A CANADIAN CO.
Function: USED AS A CLASS A OUTPUT AMPLIFIER IN RADIO RECEIVERS
Technical: TYPE SAMPLE
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON GLASS: '3Q5/ GT/ L6E/ SRP.'/ ON BASE: 'MADE FOR/ CANADIAN GENERAL/ ELECTRIC CO. LTD.'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GE [LOGO]/ GENERAL/ ELECTRIC/ 3Q5GT/ GENERAL/ ELECTRIC/ RADIOTRON/ CANADIAN/ GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED/ "Licensed under/ patents issued/ 1928 to 1946/ inclusive. For use/ in radio broadcast-/ ing receiving sets/ for the non-com-/ mercial reception/ of public radio/ telephone broad-/ casting."'
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE WITH RED PRINTING/ CARTON: ORANGE, BLUE & WHITE
Decoration: CELESTIAL DRAWINGS ON BOX

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Unknown Manufacturer, Vacuum tube, after 1946, Artifact no. 1966.0495, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1966.0495.001/

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