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12 Volt Fleming Valve, by Ediswan, London, c. 1905

Inventory Number 89342


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.89342

Item type
Object
Makers
Ediswan
Provenance
Presented by the Marconi Corporation.
Primary inscriptions
"FLEMING OSCILLATION VALVE / 12 VOLTS / EDISWAN" printed on exterior surface of bulb. "12 VOLT FLEMING OSCILLATION / VALVE / ex POLDHU HOTEL" typed on label stuck upon exterior surface of bulb.
Object type
Radio valve
Dimensions
Height: 127mm Width: 100mm Depth: 100mm
Inventory No
89342
Accession Number
2004-9/580

Description

12 Volt Fleming Valve, in polished mahogany? 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 4 Volt Fleming Valve (Inv. Num. 67148).