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Radio Valve Type 6V6G, by Mullard, English, Mid 20th Century in Box

Inventory Number 48716


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.48716

Item type
Object
Makers
Mullard
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"6V6G / IDB3" printed on exterior surface of bulb. "6V6G / MADE IN ENGLAND" printed on exterior surface of carton lid. "Original valve replaced 1986" handwritten on exterior surface of carton lid.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 45mm Height: 115mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
48716
Accession Number
2004-9/258

Description

Large Glass Type Beam Triode Radio Valve (or Tube) Type 6V6GT, with cardboard carton. Glass valve with grey-painted (or screened) surface. With black plastic? base, eight steel base pins and one central black plastic? base pin. Missing one steel base pin.