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CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ, A.M., Ph.D.
DR. CHAX~LES PRorr~us STEINMETZ was born April 9, I865, at Breslau, Germany. He was educated at the Breslau Gymnasium and University, studying mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, and other branches including economics. In Switzerland he studied mechanical engineering at the Polytechnicum of Zurich. In 1889 he came to America, and found a position with the Eickemeyer-Field Manufacturing Company, first as draftsman, then as electrical engineer and designer, and finally on research work in charge of the Eickemeyer Laboratory. With the absorption of the Eickemeyer interests by the General Electric Company, Dr. Steinmetz was attached to Mr. H. Parshall's calculating department in Lynn, Mass. When the company's headquarters were transferred to Schenectady, N. Y., in the spring of I894, he organized and took charge of the calculation and design of the company's apparatus and of the research and development work. Since 19o2 he has been Professor of Electrical Engineering at Union University, at the same time retaining his connection with the General Electric Company as consulting engineer, organizing and assuming charge of a Consulting Electrical Department in 1911.
In I9o2 Harvard University conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts, and in the following year he was created Doctor of Philosophy by Union University.
Dr. Steinmetz is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Mathematical Society and of the Physical Society. He is a Past President and member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
He published his " Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena" in 1897 (fourth edition, 19o8) ; "Theoretical Elements of Electrical Engineering," 19oi (third edition, 19o9); "Theory and Calculation of Transient Electrical Phenomena and Oscillations," I9o9 (second edition, 1911); "General Lectures on Electrical Engineering," 19o8 (third edition, 19o9); " Radiation, Light, and Illumination," 19o9 (second edition, 1911); "Engineering Mathematics," 191o. These works are standard text-books in electrical engineering, as well as books of reference to the practical engineer.
He is the author of rmmerous papers on scientific and electrical subjects, most of which have been published in the "Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers." He read a paper on " The Physiology of Light" before the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia in 191o, and another on "Some Unexplored Fields in Electrical Engineering" before The Franklin Institute in March, 1911. He contributed an article on "Electric Transients " to the JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE in July, 1911. Dr. Steinmetz has done much constructive work in the electrical art, having made many important improvements in alternating current motors, generators, converters, regulators, lighting, and the like.
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