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cathode ray tube

cathode ray tube

Date1940-1960
Inventory Number1999-1-0001
ClassificationCathode Ray Tube
Subject
    Maker Radio Corporation of America 1919-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions43 × 13 × 13 cm (16 15/16 × 5 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
        box: 14 × 45.7 × 14.9 cm (5 1/2 × 18 × 5 7/8 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionSmooth gray-colored paint on glass, shaped like an erlenmeyer flask. In a sealed box. In very good condition. It was a spare cathode ray tube for a DuMont, type 350 oscilloscope. Was used in the Department of Psychology of Boston University.
          Signedon paper tag: Radio Corporation of America
          Inscribedon label: Form T 665 5-57 / DEVELOPMENTAL TYPE _ Jp. 5ADP`1_ / Serial No. _5ADP7_ / THIS TUBE IS SUPPLIED FOR LABORATORY AND EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES ONLY. WITH NO OBLIGATIONS AS TO ITS FUTURE MANUFACTURE UNLESS OTHERWISE ARRANGED. / RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA / ELECTRON TUBE DIVISION / LANCASTER, PA / (T5232)
          ProvenanceProfessor John Michael Harrison, Department of Psychology, Boston University, pre-1998; gift to CHSI, 1999.
          early cathode-ray tube
          early cathode-ray tube
          Western Electric Company
          Date: circa 1920
          Object number: 2008-1-0081
          spare cathode ray tube mount
          spare cathode ray tube mount
          General Radio Company
          Date: 1931
          Object number: RS0268
          control console from Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          control console from Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Date: 1947-2002
          Object number: 2003-1-0291
          mounting and tube for cathode ray oscillograph 497-A
          mounting and tube for cathode ray oscillograph 497-A
          General Radio Company
          Date: circa 1931
          Object number: RS0262
          cathode ray tube, Crookes style
          cathode ray tube, Crookes style
          German
          Date: circa 1940
          Object number: 1997-1-1797
          cathode ray tube
          cathode ray tube
          Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
          Date: 1940-1960
          Object number: 2008-1-0091
          tube mounting for cathode ray oscillograph 497-A
          tube mounting for cathode ray oscillograph 497-A
          General Radio Company
          Date: circa 1931
          Accessories: 2 small felt lined arcs with 2 protruding arms.
          Object number: RS0261
          cathode ray tube with a deflection scale
          cathode ray tube with a deflection scale
          American
          Date: 1900-1920
          Object number: 2008-1-0062
          cathode-ray oscillograph diagrams
          cathode-ray oscillograph diagrams
          Cruft Laboratory, Harvard University
          Date: 1930-1960
          Object number: 1998-1-0958
          cathode-ray oscillograph, type 304-A
          cathode-ray oscillograph, type 304-A
          Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc
          Date: 1950-1960
          Accessories: laboratory notes (in CHSI library)
          Object number: 1997-1-0489
          cathode-ray oscilloscope
          cathode-ray oscilloscope
          Allen B. Du Mont Laboratories, Inc
          Date: circa 1948
          Object number: 1999-1-0039a
          inner part of a cathode ray tube with deflector plates
          inner part of a cathode ray tube with deflector plates
          American
          Date: 1915-1930
          Object number: 2008-1-0127