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Radio Valve Type VR112, English, Mid 20th Century in Box

Inventory Number 71648


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.71648

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"E / VR116 / 10E/266" printed on painted exterior surface of bulb. "6" visible on top plate inside valve. "VR116 handwritten on exterior surface of carton lid. "Valve Electronic CV1695 k" stamped on exterior surface of carton side and crossed out.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 30mm Height: 95mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
71648
Accession Number
2004-9/235

Description

Screened Pentode Radio Valve (or Tube) Type VR112, in printed speckled cardboard carton. Similar in appearance to ARP12 valve. Valve with white-painted (or screened) glass, single steel top cap and black plastic? base. With eight steel base pins and one black plastic? central base pin. One steel base pin missing. Paintwork slightly damaged.