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Radio Valve R5V, by Marconi Osram Valve Co., London, c. 1923

Inventory Number 27050


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.27050

Item type
Object
Makers
Osram
Provenance
Not ascertained.
Primary inscriptions
Signed: "Osram" and BBC stamp.
Physical material
Glass and nickel
Object type
Radio valve
Inventory No
27050

Description

Dull emitter, pipped, R5V by Osram for Marconi, with nickel base. Fitted into the V2A Marconiphone receiver.