photomultiplier tube, developmental type C31034
Date: circa 1971
Inventory Number: 2006-1-0055a
Classification: Photomultiplier Tube
Subject:
Maker: Radio Corporation of America (1919-present)
User: Oak Ridge Station (1931 - 2005)
User: George R. Agassiz Station, Harvard (1951 - 1982)
User: Harvard College Observatory (founded 1839)
Cultural Region:
Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
box: 10 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
Overall - Storage: 12.2 x 38 x 44.4 cm (4 13/16 x 14 15/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Description:
One of six photomultiplier tubes stored in a custom wooden box with foam inserts. Developmental tube type C31034. Squat glass tube wrapped in black electrical tape. 21 connector pins. Quite similar to 2006-1-0055b.
Signedon label: RCA | Electronic Components | Lancaster, Pa.
Inscribedon label: DEVELOPMENTAL TYPE C31034
In blue ink: ~10/71
In blue ink: ~10/71
Historical AttributesBrought back to CHSI on August 18, 2005 by Sara Schechner and Michael Kelley from Oak Ridge Observatory (Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory), Harvard, Mass.
ProvenanceHarvard College Observatory, Oak Ridge Station; transferred to CHSI in 2005.