Name: | Mullard Wireless, London (see also Mullard Radio Valve) (GB) |
Abbreviation: | mullard |
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Mullard Wireless Service Co.Ltd., Mullard House, Charing Cross Rd., London WC2; |
Founded: | 1920 |
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Mullard was founded in 1920 by Captain Stanley R. Mullard. Mullard formed a partnership with the Dutch manufacturer Philips. Mullard sold all its shares to Philips in 1927. Philips continued to use the brand name "Mullard" in the UK until 1988. The company produced components including valves & transistors, as well as products such as radios & television sets. Many Philips sets were produced in the UK using the Mullard name.
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Country | Year | Name | 1st Tube | Notes |
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GB | 48 | MAS221 | ECH35 | |
GB | 48 | MAS292 | EF39 | Dial lamps: 2x 6,3V/0,32A. |
GB | 48 | MAS305 | ECH21 | Pultskala |
GB | 50 | MTS501 | unknown_Tube | 12" 405 line TV with GB VHF Tuner. |
GB | 48 | MUS-227 | UCH21 | |
GB | 48 | MAS-231 | EF39 | |
GB | 48 | MAS-238 | ECH35 | |
GB | 34 | MB3 | VP2 | Mullard´s first complete factory built receiver. Also Model MB3A in upright cabinet (1935). |
GB | 35 | MB3A (MB3 A - MB 3A) | VP2 | Upright version of MB3. |
GB | 35 | MU35 | FC13 | Mullards first mains receiver. |
GB | 35 | MB4 | VP2 | |
GB | 36 | MAS4 | FC4 | The AC/DC version of this model is the MUS4. This set is a Mullard version of the Phili... |
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Obituary; Stanley Robert Mullard MBE (MIL) (1883-1979)
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Gary Cowans
19.Sep.23 |
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Obituary; Stanley Robert Mullard MBE (MIL) (1883-1979) Extracted from Practical Wireless December 1979, Page 27. Stanley Robert Mullard, one of the pioneers of the UK radio industry, died in a Sussex nursing home on September 1, at the age of 95. The start of a public service brought a great demand for reliable valves and, appreciating the enormous potential, Mullard turned over part of his limited manufacturing facilities to the production of small receiving types. They were sold under the trade name ORA, signifying the valve's three main functions: to Oscillate, Rectify, and Amplify. Output quickly rose to thousands a week. Demand soon out-stripped manufacturing capacity and larger premises were acquired. These, too, became inadequate when the BBC opened its London transmitter, 2L0, and in 1923 Mullard moved again, this time to Nightingale Lane, Balham.
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Our Founder, S. R. Mullard, Celebrates 80th Birthday.
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Gary Cowans
19.Sep.23 |
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Our Founder, S. R. Mullard, Celebrates 80th Birthday. Extracted from Mullard Outlook Australian Edition Vol. 6, No. 5 November December 1963. Although retired for some years Stanley Mullard has remained a Director of the Company. He was born in London on November 1st, 1883, the third of five children, the family was not well off. His father was works-manager of a small chemical manufacturing firm and his salary left little to pay for an elaborate education for the children. At 15, after only a basic schooling and a year at a polytechnic institute, the young Mullard was apprenticed to a firm of electrical engineers, his wage 10/- for a 56-hour week. He asked for and was given a transfer to another branch of the firm concerned with the manufacture of electric lamps and X-ray tubes. He believes that it was this move that really led to the formation of the Mullard company, for it was from this early work on lamps and X-ray tubes that his interest in radio valves stemmed. At the outbreak of World War1 he was head of the Ediswan lamp laboratories and enlisted in the Engineers Battalion of the Royal Naval Division, by Admiralty instructions he remained at Ediswan to continue his technical work. His interest now extended to wireless valves, a field in which his knowledge of vacuum techniques gained in the lamp laboratories enabled him to make important contributions to the fast-growing military use, as it was then known —wireless communication. He later saw service in France and earned a Mention in Despatches and military M.B.E. In 1920 the Admiralty asked him to manufacture valves and, lacking funds, he asked them for a contract to obtain financial backing and was given a firm order for 250 silica envelope transmitting valves at £66 each, the first Mullard order. Receiving Valves In 1929 he decided reluctantly to relinquish the leadership of the company and was succeeded by Mr. S. S. Eriks, for his health had been in question since 1926 when, after a serious breakdown, his doctors warned him to ease up. “They told me, “He said recently, “that unless I did so I would be forced to give up all activity. But that was thirty-seven years ago, and I hope that by now I have satisfied them of their error.” |
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Manufacturing of tubes in the Mullard Blackburn Factory
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Vincent de Franco
26.Feb.12 |
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This film of the early sixties shows the manufacturing of tubes in the Blackburn Factory of Mullard. Film duration is around 30 minutes. Link to the film on YouTube. |
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Manufacturing of the A63-11X Color CRT by Mullard
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Vincent de Franco
26.Feb.12 |
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The following film shows with great details the manufacturing by Mullard of the A63-11X Color Picture Tube.
Film duration is around 20 minutes. Link to the Part 1 on YouTube Link to the Part 2 on YouTube
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