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Marconi Radio Valve Type MT1, by Marconi Company, London, Early 20th Century

Inventory Number 46376


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.46376

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"MARCONI OSRAM VALVE / MADE AT THE OSRAM LAMP WORKS/ COVERED BY VARIOUS PATENTS / MADE IN ENGLAND / M" printed on exterior surface of bulb. "_.T.1 / 1" printed on exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Inventory No
46376
Accession Number
2004-9/504

Description

Marconi Transmitting-Type Radio Valve (or Tube) Type MT1, with large glass bulb, nickel-plated interior filaments and anodes, and lacking base. With three jewellry-like electrodes protruding from the lower section of the bulb and a single jewellry-like electrode protruding from the upper section of the bulb.