Edward C. Wente
Edward Christopher Wente (born January 2, 1889 in Denver , Iowa, † June 9, 1972 in Summit, New Jersey) was an American physicist.
He received his bachelor's degree from Michigan in 1911 , his BS from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1914, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1918.
He worked from 1914 to 1916 and 1918 to 1925 for the Western Electric Company, where he developed the condenser microphone around 1916 , and then until 1954 for the Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he worked with Albert Lauris Thuras (1888-1945) and developed loudspeakers and vitaphones . In 1933 he received the AMPAS Award and in 1937 an honorary Oscar . In 1928 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
He was married to Sophia Mary, b. Brockman. On October 7, 1930, their son Edward Frank Wente was born in New York City . The family later moved to Summit, New Jersey .
Fonts
- A condenser as a uniformly sensitive instrument for the absolute measurement of sound intensity. 1917
- Electrostatic transmitter. 1922
- Acoustic device (patent 1,812,389)
- A high efficiency receiver of large power capacity for horn type loud speakers. 1928; with Thuras
- Translating device (patent 1,638,555)
literature
- JI Crabtree: The work of Edward Christopher Wente. 1935
swell
- ↑ NYTimes.com: Dr. Edward C. Wente Is Dead - Inventor in Field of Acoustics
- ↑ coutant.org: Edward Christopher Wente
- ↑ ufl.edu: Vitaphone
- ^ Who's who in American education. Volume 21, 1963
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wente, Edward C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wente, Edward Christopher (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denver , Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1972 |
| Place of death | Summit, New Jersey |