Herman Affel
Herman Affel
Born: 1893Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Coaxial cable—While at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929, Affel and Espenschied invented coaxial cable. The cable advanced long distance telephone service, making it possible to carry thousands of simultaneous phone calls on long distance circuits.
Died: 1972Edward Goodrich Acheson | The National Inventors Hall of Fame | Ernst Alexanderson |
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