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DMF KeyNotes – Charles Proteus Steinmetz Video Transcript

 

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This week features 

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Charles Proteus Steinmetz born 1865 to 1923

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He was a pioneer for electrical engineering who was born with dwarfism and hip dysplasia


Steinmetz was not hindered by his disability; rather, he excelled in his studies and grew interested in electricity.

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He emigrated from Germany to the U.S., arriving in New York in 1889.

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Soon after, Steinmetz gained fame for establishing the law of magnetism known as 'Steinmetz's law.' 

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In 1893, he was hired by Thomas Edison, where he served as a consulting engineer in Schenectady, NY.

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He was a peer among great scientific thinkers, including Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford.

[Images (2) – Left: Portrait Black & White Photo of Charles Steinmetz, Albert Einstein (left) and others, standing outside of RCA. Right: Black & White Photo of Charles Steinmetz (left) and Guglielmo Marconi (right) standing on stairs of a building.]

Steinmetz was passionate about education and almost single-handedly reformed the local schools.

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He helped to implement longer school hours, school meals, school nurses, special classes for children of immigrants and the distribution of free textbooks.


He even provided a Christmas present for every orphan in his adopted city of Schenectady.

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During his tenure at General Electric, his work made the expansion of the electric power industry possible in the U.S.


He is one of a select group of inventors to have earned over 200 patents during his lifetime.

[Image - Portrait Black & White Photo of Charles Steinmetz, smoking a Blackstone panatela cigar.]


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"There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions."

[Image - Black & White Photo of Charles Steinmetz, sitting in a cart and buggy labelled the ‘Los Angeles Ostrich Farm, Opposite Lincoln Park’ and being pulled by a large ostrich.]


Thank you, Charles Proteus Steinmetz!

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Photo Credits (in order):

  • 4th Slide - Sketch of Charles Steinmetz: Lemelson MIT

  • 5th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: Nitum

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz (Left): Nitum

  • 7th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz (Right): In Your Pocket

  • 8th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: WHMT Educational Telecommunications

  • 9th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: Wikiwand

  • 10th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz and Thomas Edison: In Your Pocket

  • 11th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz, Albert Einstein and others (left): Edison Tech Center

  • 11th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz and Guglielmo Marconi (right): Getty Images

  • 12th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: National Inventors Hall of Fame

  • 14th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz (center) and children: Steinmetz The Documentary

  • 16th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: National Inventors Hall of Fame

  • 17th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: Getty Images

  • 18th Slide - Photo of Charles Steinmetz: New York Digital Collections

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