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Brimar Radio Valve Type 6SN7GT with carton, by Brimar, English, Mid 20th Century

Inventory Number 14188


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14188

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"6SN7 / GT" printed on exterior surface of bulb. "BRIMAR / B.V.A. / MADE IN ENGLAND" etched into exterior surface of valve base.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Diameter: 35mm Height: 80mm Weight: 0.05kg
Inventory No
14188
Accession Number
2004-9/263

Description

Double Triode Radio Valve (or Tube) Type 6SN7GT, in plain cardboard carton. Glass valve with black plastic? base, eight steel base pins, and one central black plastic? base pin. With BVA (British Radio Valve Manufacturers Association) stamp on valve surface.