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Radio Valve ARP12-Type, English, Mid 20th Century in Box

Inventory Number 36764


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.36764

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"EBC33 / VR / 65" handwritten on exterior surface of carton lid. "Valve electronic CV1695 k" printed on exterior surface of carton side.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 30mm Height: 100mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
36764
Accession Number
2004-9/236

Description

Screened Pentode Radio Valve (or Tube) of ARP12 style, in speckled cardboard carton. Valve with blue-painted (or screened) glass, single steel top cap and black plastic? apron. With eight steel base pins and one black plastic? central base pin. One steel base pin missing. With eight steel base pins and one black plastic? central base pin. Paintwork badly damaged and probable inscription unreadable.