Fiber optic cable sample
date: label: date made
content: 1977
label: date ordered, given, or borrowed
content: 1982 07 23
name: label: maker
content: General Cable Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Fiber optic cable sample. Used with fiber optics system that includes repeater (1982.0529.01). No extant makers marks. Plastic insulated glass fibers running parallel with an insulated copper line. Internal insulation includes paper and plastic wraps. A foil wrap separates layers within the cable.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: location of prior holder
content: United States: Massachusetts, Waltham
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from GTE Labs Incorporated
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0529.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0529
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0529.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Fiber Optic Cable, Section
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Object Name
content: cable sample, fiber optic
label: Other Terms
content: Fiber Optic Cable, Section; Cables and Wires
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: fiber optic cable: 87 in x 1 in; 220.98 cm x 2.54 cm