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Charles Proteus Steinmetz, ranked with Marconi, Edison, Tesla, as one of the world's supreme masters of electricity, is dead at 58 in Schenectady, the scene of his 30 years' labors as Chief Consulting Engineer of the General Electric Co. He had recently returned in a weakened condition from a six weeks' lecture tour to the Pacific Coast, and was confined to his bed, but believed to be in no danger. Death was due to chronic myocarditis, sudden failure striking the weakened wall of the heart...
...Steinmetz, unmarried, had no relatives in the U. S. except a half-sister, Miss Clara Steinmetz of Manhattan. But years ago he adopted J. Le Roy Hayden, his chief assistant, who, with his wife and three children, lived in Dr. Steinmetz's home and cherished him as "grandpop...
When a man of genius dies, the world not only regrets the man, but selfishly perhaps, regrets the unborn brain-children which his genius would certainly have brought forth. In Dr. Steinmetz's death, humanity, not merely engineering or science, has suffered a tremendous loss. For eventful as his life has been, his potentialities were limitless, and until the last moment he was engaged in investigations of the utmost value...
...because they failed to grasp the importance, and shrank from wordly contact into the congenial company of their fellows. The slogan of modern engineering--"If it's not practical, it's not good theory" is comparatively recent, and no one has put it more into practice than Dr. Steinmetz...
...Schenectady one of the best electircal laboratories in the world. Once shown the possibilities of science, the commercial world has not been slow; but it had to be shown. Among the first of those who could really prove that an investment in scientific knowledge brought substantial returns was Dr. Steinmetz; that alone makes him one of the immortals...