Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LOW POWER AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1926–1929
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1969.0803.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Electric
- MODEL
- 101D
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 12.1 cm
- Width
- 5.7 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Telephone
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Electric
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
WAS USED FOR VOICE REPEATERS & MODULATORS IN TELEPHONE CARRIER SYSTEMS - Technical
-
MAINSTAY OF COMMERCIAL TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION FOR OVER 50 YEARS/ THE MOST OUTSTANDING OF THE TELEPHONE REPEATER TYPES - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- printed on glass: 'NORTHERN ELECTRIC/ COMPANY LIMITED/ 101-D/ MADE IN/ CANADA/ PATENTED 1917 1920/ 1922 1926 1928'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Electric, Vacuum tube, circa 1926–1929, Artifact no. 1969.0803, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1969.0803.001/
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