George Jacobs (inventor)

George Jacobs (1877 – 1945) was an American inventor, who invented enamel insulation for magnet wire.

In 1905, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio to take a position with Sherwin-Williams, and continued to work in his own time on an enamel insulation for magnet wire.

In 1907, he perfected his formula, and asked Ethel to marry him, and join him in Cleveland, where he went into business in 1911 as Dudlo Manufacturing.

In 1927, the General Cable Corporation was being formed, and fearing that the roaring 20s economy was a bubble that would soon burst, the Mossmans sold the company.

Jacobs remained with Phelps Dodge for several more years, then moved to California with his wife, who was in ill health.