Western Electric wire and cable has been Oxygen
Free for over 80 years.
Oxygen Free Copper was invented by Western Electric prior to
1931.
Western Electric's Patent No. 1,948,316 for
Oxygen Free Copper was granted in 1934.
To read the full two-page 1934 Western Electric
patent for Oxygen-Free Copper, click the WE Patent image below.
James Walter Scott was a Western Electric scientist at
Western Electric's Hawthorne Works in Chicago
Western Electric wire and cable has been Oxygen
Free for over 80 years.
AT&T/Western Electric/Bell Laboratories
Anechoic Chamber
To isolate the
above anechoic chamber from the effects of the Earth's vibrations,
the entire room
above sits in a sunken pit; floating on giant springs.
Western Electric theatre sound
equipment
Western Electric Bostwick 597A tweeter prototype
Bell Laboratories drawing: Western Electric Bostwick 597A
tweeter diaphragm and horn
