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Townsend wolcott for his valuable and able assistance in preparing and editing the third edition. Hayden, who later married and lived in the house with his wife and children that charles had built for them. Steinmetz, charles proteus article about steinmetz. See all books authored by charles proteus steinmetz, including elementary lectures on electric discharges, waves and impulses, and other transients second edition, and theory and calculation of alternating current phenomena, and more on. Elementary lectures on electric discharges, waves and impulses, and other transients. Thus there arrived at caetle garden in new york the scientist whose death is now being dr. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the united states, formulating.
America and the new epoch new york and london, harper, c1916 page images at hathitrust steinmetz, charles proteus, 18651923. Charles proteus steinmetz have preferred to remain in the isolation of a laboratory, he went forth to meet menpartly through his many pub lished text books and treatises, and partly through a personal interest in public affairs. Charles proteus steinmetz, original name karl august rudolf steinmetz, born april 9, 1865, breslau, prussiadied oct. Elementary lectures on electric discharges, waves and impulses, and other transients second edition 2nd edition. He is noted al so for the laws of hysteresis and for his work in manufactured lightning.
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