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A cable is two or more wires or optical fibers bound together, typically in a common protective jacket or sheath. The individual wires or fibers inside the jacket may be bare, covered or insulated. Combination cables may contain both electrical wires and optical fibers. Electrical wire is usually copper because of its excellent conductivity, but aluminium is sometimes used because it costs less.
Electrical cables may be made more flexible by stranding the wires. In this process, smaller individual wires are twisted or braided together to produce larger wires that are more flexible than solid wires of similar size. Bunching small wires before concentric stranding adds the most flexibility. A thin coat of tin on the individual wires provides lubrication for longest life. Tight lays during stranding makes the cable extensible (CBA - as in telephone handset cords).
Cables can be securely fastened and organized, such as using cable trees with the aid of cable ties. "Octopus cable" is a generic term for a cable that splits into several parts.
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Uni seminar at 2. Discussing "The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable...read that one in 2 days.
Sandde (Sandra Deufel) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:54:09 -0000
Uni seminar at 2. Discussing "The Grandissimes" by George Washington Cable...read that one in 2 days.
Fiction: George Washington Cable - Biography and links about the Southern writer.
George Washington Cable - Brief biography at Louisiana Authors.
George Washington Cable - Classroom study guide to the 19th-century American writer.
George Washington Cable (1844-1925) - List of primary works and a selected bibliography at Perspectives in American Literature.
George Washington Cable 1844-1925 - Bibliography and links to information and texts available on the web.
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George Washington Cable, 1844-1925 - Biography of the Southern writer and social critic.
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