Artifact Details

Title

Vacuum tube type VR 92

Catalog Number

X1095.92A

Type

Physical object

Description

This object comprises two pieces: A: Miniature vacuum tube B: Miniature vacuum tube used by W/C [Wing Commander] Woodhead and W/C Carter to develop a 10 x 10 matrix memory in Ottawa, Ontario in 1943/44.

Identifying Numbers

Model number VR92
Other number 10E/105 Printed on tube

Dimensions

overall: 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in x 1/2 in

Category

Component/vacuum tube

Credit

Gift of R.D. Carter

Lot Number

X1095.92

Related Records

X1095.92B Vacuum tube type VR 92