Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- BROADCASTING/AIR-COOLED
- DATE
- 1950–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0742.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- BR175
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 957
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS ENVELOPE/ METAL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 50.0 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Transmitting
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ENGLISH ELECTRIC
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1950'S - 70'S
- Canada
-
USED IN CANADA - Function
-
TO TRANSMIT STANDARD BROADCAST RADIO WAVES - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFR'S PLATE: 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO. LTD./ MADE IN ENGLAND/ [LOGO]/ TYPE BR175/ NO. 957/ YC/ FIL.VOLTS 221V'/ PRINTED ON GLASS: 'ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO. LTD./ MADE IN ENGLAND/ [LOGO]/ BR175'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK PAINTED METAL & CHROMED METAL
- Decoration
- N/A
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ENGLISH ELECTRIC VALVE CO. LTD., Vacuum tube, circa 1950–1959, Artifact no. 1986.0742, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1986.0742.001/
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