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These images have been chosen for their uniqueness. Subject matter ranges from
historic events, to really cool phenomena in science and engineering, to relevant
place, to ingenious contraptions, to interesting products (which now has its own
dedicated Featured Product
category).
 If you like pictures of très cool-looking
devices involving vacuum-filled (an oxymoron?) glass enclosures, i.e., lamps and
tubes, then you will want to spend a few minutes perusing the personal collection
of Giorgio Basile, of Nivelles, Belgium. Per the homepage of his
Lamps & Tubes
website:
"My collection consists of more than 4,000 lamps and vacuum tubes. This is a wide
area! In addition to well known incandescent lamps, radio tubes and cathode ray
tubes, it includes, among others: arc lamps, light sources for the laboratory, transmitting
tubes, camera tubes, flash lamps, microwave tubes, photocells, photomultipliers,
radiation detectors, rectifiers, relays, thyratrons, vacuum gauges, X-ray tubes..."
The quality of the photos is excellent, with multiple views of each specimen.
Most of the lamps and tubes in Giorgio's collection appear to be commercially produced,
as opposed to the vast array of prototype and limited production tubes owned by
the National Electronics Museum.
You are invited to present items for sale or donation to the museum. If you happen
to be in Nivelles, personal tours can be arranged by contacting Giorgio.
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Mazda B.T.H. 15V 30A gas-filled cinema projector lamp
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TVS-15 hydrogen spectral lamp
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Cathodeon opto-galvanic (see through)
hollow cathode lamp
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Westinghouse WL-5736 power amplifier triode
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Raytheon QK-62 magnetron
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Russian military projection display
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This is a tiny example of the massive array of lamps and tubes for view . All
photos courtesy of the Lamps &
Tubes website.
Posted December 17, 2020
(updated from original post on 5/9/2016)
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