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Brimar Radio Valve Type 6V6GT, by Brimar, English, 1940s

Inventory Number 64011


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.64011

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"BRIMAR / B.V.A. / MADE IN ENGLAND" etched on valve base. "6V6 / GT / 513" printed on exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 33mm Height: 85mm
Inventory No
64011
Accession Number
2004-9/244

Description

Beam Triode Radio Valve (or Tube) Type 6V6GT, without carton. Glass valve with black upper. With black plastic? base, six steel base pins and one central black plastic? base pin. Possibly missing two steel base pins. With BVA (British Radio Valve Manufacturers Association) stamp.