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Radio Valve Type VU120A with carton, Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 53371


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.53371

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"V.U. 120A / 10E/807 / D" etched on exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Height: 135mm Width: 50mm Depth: 50mm
Inventory No
53371
Accession Number
2004-9/252

Description

EHT Rectifier Radio Valve (or Tube) Type VU120A, in unmatching plain printed cardboard carton. Glass valve with single steel top cap, black plastic? base and six steel base pins. Two pins missing. Bottom of valve is blackened, probably from use.