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Marconi Radio Valve Type Q, by Ediswan, London, c. 1916

Inventory Number 33191


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.33191

Item type
Object
Makers
Ediswan
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCONI'S W.T. CO. LTD. / PAT APPN. ______" stamped vertically on exterior surface of bulb. "Q" stamped horizontally on exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 25mm Height: 75mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
33191
Accession Number
2004-9/189

Description

Marconi Radio Valve Type Q, with distinctive wire mesh cage grid. Grid is made of longitudinal wires with interwoven helical wire, all supported on rectangular wire frame. Filament is not clear but should be a single strand filament running the length of the valve and tensioned by a spring. With complete filament, and plain metal cylinder anode taken to one of the side connections. Previously catalogued with five other valves: Marconi Type V24 Valve (Inv. Num. 35245), Marconi DEV Valve (Inv. Num. 15771), Marconi DEQ Valve (Inv. Num. 74920), Mullard ORA/B Valve (Inv. Num. 18833), Marconi FE2 Valve (Inv. Num. 92775).