- Item type
- Object
- Makers
- Rogers Canada
- Provenance
- Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
- Primary inscriptions
- "V. R. 56 / -------- / 6.3 / 10E/11402" printed on painted exterior surface of bulb. "ROGERS / CANADA / B/L" printed on side of tube base. "AM [Air Ministry Logo]" printed on side of tube base.
- Object type
- Radio communication
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 30mm Height: 95mm Weight: 0.05kg
- Inventory No
- 64947
- Accession Number
- 2004-9/225
Description
Rogers Receiving Pentode Radio Tube (or Valve) Type VR56, in plain unmarked cardboard carton. Tube with black-painted (or externally metalised) glass and black plastic? base, with single steel top cap. With seven steel base pins and one black plastic? central base pin. With one missing steel base pin.
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