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Why does fiber optic cable become optical fiber cable

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and first demonstrated the guiding of light by refraction, the principle that makes fiber optics possible, in in the early 1840s. included a demonstration of it in his public lectures in, 12 years later. Tyndall also wrote about the property of in an introductory book about the nature of light in 1870:.

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Daniel Colladon and Jacques Babinet first demonstrated the guiding of light by refraction, the principle that makes fiber optics possible, in Paris in the early 1840s. John Tyndall included a demonstration of it in his public lectures in London, 12 years later. Tyndall also wrote about the property of total internal reflection in an introductory book about the nature of light in 1870:

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