Word: steinmetzes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...memory of the late Dr. Charles P. Steinmetz that the prizes are offered. Besides his more famous scientific pursuits, Dr. Steinmetz was deeply interested in economic questions. He was vice-president of the League which offers the awards...
...being extremely young, the idea of queening it over the Bulgarians might tickle her fancy.' Last, Miss Muriel Vanderbilt, ' an engaging little person . . . with a sense of dignity.' "Gerard Swope, President of the General Electric Co.: "Following the death of Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz, wide publicity was given to the alleged fact that he was paid no ' regular' salary by the General Electric Co.-just ' received at his own request irregular amounts when he needed them.' Following the publication of this falsehood came an official statement from our Company asserting that Dr. Steinmetz...
Place in Science. Dr. Steinmetz was not essentially an inventor like Edison, and his name is associated with few specific devices. He was probably the greatest authority in America on electrical theory and engineering mathematics. His special fields of research included synthetic geometry, vector analysis, alternating current, phenomena magnetics and hysteresis, dielectrics, transients and electrochemistry. But he had the knack of interpreting highly technical subjects to laymen, and wrote many popular scientific articles and books, besides no less than nine standard works on electrical theory and mathematics. He was past President of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers...
...Steinmetz' chief technical interests were: 1) "Cold" light; 2) Hydroelectric development; 3) electrified railways; 4) electric motor truck (TIME, March 10); 5) artificial lightning. His experiments pre- ceded and made possible the 2,000,000-volt flashes at the Pittsfield plant last June (TIME, June 18). Steinmetz had often predicted the course of future technical development. Last August he wrote that a four-hour day would accomplish all essential work in 2023 A.D. The steam locomotive will be obsolete, smoke eliminated. All heat, power, light furnished by hydroelectricity...
Politics. Steinmetz was an enthusiastic Socialist from his student days in Breslau. The Government considered him dangerous, and was about to prosecute him when he escaped to Switzerland. He never lost his interest in Socialism, though his views became more moderate in later years. Great corporations were willing enough to buy his genius despite his economic opinions. In 1922 Steinmetz offered his technical services to Soviet Russia, but they were declined. He was a naturalized citizen and was always active in politics and community life. Last year he ran for State Engineer on the Socialist and Farmer-Labor tickets. Though...