Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRID GLOW/COLD CATHODE
- DATE
- 1940–1950
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0072.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Westinghouse
- MODEL
- 703A
- LOCATION
- East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 5.4 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
- Westinghouse
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- East Pittsburgh
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
USED AS A CONTROL REGULATOR, A FREQUENCY CHANGER, AN INVERTER, OR AS AN INTERMITTENT LIGHT SOURCE FOR STROBOSCOPIC APPLICATIONS - Technical
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON LABEL: 'Westinghouse/ Grid Glow Tube/ STYLE 703A/ SRIAL/ SENSITIVITY 4.7/ Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co./ East Pittsburgh, Pa./ F.14383/ Printed in U.S.A.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ BLACK BASE/ ORANGE LABEL WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Westinghouse, Vacuum tube, circa 1940–1950, Artifact no. 1993.0072, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1993.0072.001/
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