From Borderland Sciences Research
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| Born | April 9, 1865 Breslau, Prussia |
| Died | October 26, 1923 (58) Schenectady, New York |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, Electrical engineer with GE (1892-1923) |
| Nationality | German, American |
| Alma mater | University of Breslau (1883 - 1888) Union College: Professor, Electrical Engineering (1902 - 1912); Professor, Electrophysics (1913 - 1923) |
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Charles Proteus Steinmetz (April 9, 1865 – October 26, 1923; born Carl August Rudolph Steinmetz) was a German American mathematician and electrical engineer. Among his important contributions to the sciences include the law of hysteresis, his symbolic method of calculating alternating-current, and his theory of electrical transients.
Selected Bibliography
- "Theory and calculation of alternating current phenomena" (with assistance of Ernst J. Berg), 1897.
- The Natural Period of a Transmission Line and the Frequency of lightning Discharge Therefrom, The Electrical World, August 27, 1898. Pg. 203 - 205.
- Theoretical elements of electrical engineering, 1901.
- Future of Electricity, Transcript of lecture to the New York Electrical Trade School, 1908.
- General lectures on electrical engineering (edited by Joseph Le Roy Hayden), 1908.
- Radiation, light and illumination: a series of engineering lectures delivered at Union college (edited by Joseph Le Roy Hayden), 1909.
- Engineering mathematics: a series of lectures delivered at Union College, 1911.
- Elementary lectures on electric discharges, waves and impulses, and other transients, 1914.
- Theoretical elements of electrical engineering, 1915.
- America and the new epoch, 1916.
- Theory and calculation of alternating current phenomena, 1916.
- Theory and calculation of electrical apparatus, 1917.
- Theory and calculation of transient electric phenomena and oscillations, 1920.
- Four lectures on relativity and space, 1923.
Resources
- "Loki: the life of Charles Proteus Steinmetz" by Jonathan Leonard (1929, archive.org)
- Selected papers by Charles Steinmetz (BSRF)