porcelain tube

porcelain tube

A ceramic tube having a slight shoulder on one end; in exposed electric wiring, used to carry an insulated conductor where it passes through a wood joist, stud, etc.
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2 Filter, Pasteur chamberland, complete set Shall be made of porcelain tube that contains a ring of enameled porcelain through which inflow pipe fits the core of a porcelain pipe.
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During catheterization we realized that the entire aorta, from the iliac bifurcation to aortic cusps, had severe calcification resembling a porcelain tube (Fig.1, Video 1.
A rare radiodiagnostic finding: totally and severely calcified aorta-the Porcelain aorta/Nadir bir radyodiyagnostik bulgu: butunuyle ve ciddi sekilde kalsifiye aorta-Porselen aorta
It's a pencil-shaped porcelain tube with a metal tip on one end and a wire running to the other end.
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Long tufts of synthetic hair (blonde and black) hung from the unglazed porcelain tubes' methodically incised holes.
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Developing a highly innovative method involving the carving of porcelain tubes fused into a solid block, Sakurai produces perforated vessel forms that explore the interaction of light and shadow.
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In new or retrofit construction when a house's structural framing members were exposed, electricians ran the rubber-sheathed wires inside porcelain tubes where they passed through framing members.
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Yasuko Sakurai creates a honeycomb effect in White Flower by hand forming the vessel around porcelain tubes that are extracted as the piece dries prior to firing.
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