[GreenKeys] Copper Wire?

[Lee Mushel]

I'm afraid I have to request more evidence.   I don't think my German
grandfather ever managed wire smaller than #4 AWG.  My Hungarian grandfather
managed at least #14 from any decent copper penny and that was by merely
finger work.  My Bohemian grandmother went through the entire depression
with out access to pennies but my Danish grandmother could easily produce
#26 gauge magnet wire with a little bee's wax.  I don't know what happened
during WWII with the steel pennies.

Lee   K9WRU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Mayfield W9WRL" <rtty at gwltd.com>
To: "Brooke Clarke" <brooke at pacific.net>
Cc: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Copper Wire?


> Copper wire was invented by accident many years ago by two Germans
> fighting over a penny.
>
> I know this for a fact as I have seen it happen. My Mom and my brother
> are the two cheapest tightest penny pinching Germans you ever saw.
> Anytime I need more wire I just toss a penny in front of them and
> presto! I got wire.
>
> Brooke Clarke wrote:
> > Hi:
> >
> > While researching electro-magnets and reading the 1831 papers of
> > Joshph Henry I've learned that the horseshoe electro-magnets he made
> > used copper wire (1/40 to 1/20" dia) that he insulated with Silk.
> > Later he changed to cotton that worked about the same but was not as
> > expensive.
> >
> > I've found references to iron wire making in 1565 for use in making
> > "cards" used to comb sheep's wool.
> >
> > Also bare "Bell Wire" which was used with mechanical force like in a
> > hotel or mansion where the servants were called by ringing a bell.
> >
> > But have not been able to get a date and application for copper wire.
> > Maybe it was "Bell Wire"?
> >
> > Anyone know when and why copper wire came about?
> >
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