Vacuum tube
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRIODE PENTODE/SYNC SEP/AMPLIFIER
- DATE
- 1960–1969
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0387.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- 6DX8
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS TUBE/ METAL PINS/ METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ CARDSTOCK BOX
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 2.3 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Vacuum Tubes
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE 1960S AND 1970S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED AS KEYED AGC, SYNC SEPARTOR/AMPLIFIER AND A VIDEO AMPLIFIER FOR COLOUR TELEVISION [REF 1] - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: '6DX8 /6DX8/ 142/ 87E3/ S[?]O[?]/ ELEC[?]/ GT BRITAIN'/ PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES: 'GE/ CGE [LOGO]/ electronic/ tube/ A Quality Product/ DISTRIBUTED BY/ CANADIAN GENERAL ELECTRIC/ TORONTO, CANADA/ 6DX8/ Q/ L/ [ALSO IN FRENCH]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- UNCOLOURED GLASS/ ORANGE BOX WITH BLACK AND WHITE PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Vacuum tube, between 1960–1969, Artifact no. 1996.0387, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1996.0387.001/
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