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4 Volt Fleming Valve, by Royal Ediswan, London, c. 1905

Inventory Number 67148


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.67148

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"Royal Ediswan" printed on exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Height: 120mm Width: 100mm Depth: 103mm
Inventory No
67148
Accession Number
2004-9/579

Description

4 Volt Fleming Valve, in polished teak? gallows mounting. With ebonite panel and metal alloy terminal upon upper surface of gallows. With two metal alloy terminals upon upper surface of base. Bulb has vertically-mounted nickel anode and other metal components. Previously catalogued with other, similar 12 Volt Fleming Valve (Inv. Num. 89342)