Robert Gillespie's Vacuum Tube Collection
If you, like me, appreciate the sheer engineering
genius and artistry of a vacuum tube - especially the special purpose types - then
you'll want to peruse the extensive collection of Mr. Robert Gillespie. His
vacuum
tube gallery is hosted on the RadioMuseum.org website. He writes: "I started
collecting tubes when I was 10, they were like little pieces of artwork. My fascination
with tubes took off when I found my first industrial tube in an old warehouse. I
do enjoy the odd photocells and photomultipliers, anything built by hand and not
by machine. Currently, my focus is on collecting anything pre-1925 from anywhere
in the world - which has been greatly boosted as I am now the curator of the Gerald
Tyne Collection, author of 'Saga of the Vacuum Tube,' 1977." If you have a unique
vacuum tube not already represented there, you are welcome to submit photos and
information. There are 1,629 as of this writing.
Note: the entire series of "The Saga of Vacuum Tubes" articles can be accessed on the American Radio History website in PDF format. Below, I have take taken the time to list and link to each edition containing parts 1 through 22, along with the pages on which they begin.