If you enjoyed this episode of DMF KeyNotes and want to see more, please subscribe to Daniel's Music's YouTube Channel. Twitter DanielsMusicFdn(link is external) Share Follow Like Daniel's Music on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter.įacebook Daniel’s Music Foundation(link is external) You can thank him too by sharing his incredible story today! "There are no foolish questions and no man becomes a fool until he has stopped asking questions." He is one of a select group of inventors to have earned over 200 patents during his lifetime. He even provided a Christmas present for every orphan in his adopted city of Schenectady.ĭuring his tenure at General Electric, his work made the expansion of the electric power industry possible in the U.S.
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He helped to implement longer school hours, school meals, school nurses, special classes for children of immigrants and the distribution of free textbooks. Steinmetz was passionate about education and almost single-handedly reformed the local schools. Because of Steinmetz’s involvement with a local. In 1883, he started pursuing a degree at the University of Breslau (which is now the University of Wrocaw). As a young boy, he excelled in his studies and showed great aptitude in math, physics, and literature. He was a peer among great scientific thinkers, including Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Henry Ford. Charles Proteus was born Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz on April 9, 1865, in Poland. In 1893, he was hired by Thomas Edison, where he served as a consulting engineer in Schenectady, NY. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power. Soon after, Steinmetz gained fame for establishing the law of magnetism known as 'Steinmetz's law.' Charles Proteus Steinmetz (Ap Octobirth-name: Karl August Rudolph Steinmetz) was a German-born American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S., arriving in New York in 1889. Steinmetz was not hindered by his disability rather, he excelled in his studies and grew interested in electricity. He was a pioneer for electrical engineering who was born with dwarfism and hip dysplasia Daniel’s Music Foundation presentsĪ Celebration of Individuals with DisabilitiesĬharles Proteus Steinmetz born 1865 to 1923 And the moral is that a little knowledge is worth a deal of labour.īelow are additional selected citations in chronological order.DMF KeyNotes – Charles Proteus Steinmetz Video Transcript
A monument there is dedicated to GE’s Electrical Wizard, located on the former site of his home. Steinmetz Memorial Park consists of 2.07 acres in the GE Realty Plot at 1297 Wendell Ave. Regarding Site of the Home of Charles Proteus Steinmetz. 10s.”Īnd the man was reinstated in his position, and was so grateful that he turned teetotaller and lived a great and virtuous old age. Touch for a list and map of all markers in Schenectady. to knowing where to tap it, £10 total, £10. And then he had another bill:- “To tapping machine with hammer, 10s. 10s.” And the owner of the works, being as owners go, a poor man, sent a polite note to the man, in which he asked him if he thought tapping a machine with a hammer worth ten guineas.
There was the sound of a “tap-tap-tap,” and in a moment the wheels were spinning, and the man was returning to the “Bull” parlour.Īnd in the course of time the mill-owner had a bill:–“To mending machine, £10. He looked at the machine for some moments, and talked to it as a man talks to a horse, and then climbed into its vitals and called for a hammer. And he left the comfort of the “Bull” parlour and came.
But the machine, metaphorically speaking, laughed at them, and the manager sent for the discharged employee. Everyone who knew the difference between a machine and a turnip tried his hand at the inert mass of iron. But at last even his patience was exhausted, and he was told to go, and another man reigned in his stead at the end of the room.Īnd then the machine, as though in protest, refused to budge an inch, and all the factory hands were idle. He was the best machinist in the district, and it was for that reason that the manager had overlooked his private delinquencies. The bill below was denominated in pounds and shillings. Quote Investigator: The earliest instance located by QI appeared in “The Journal of the Society of Estate Clerks of Works” of Winchester, England in 1908. Many titles have been used for this tale: The adroit practitioner repairs the contraption with a simple action such as a hammer tap or a bolt twist, but the bill for services rendered is quite large. A top-expert is hired to fix a gigantic complicated machine suffering from an intractable problem. Alyea? Charles Proteus Steinmetz? Henry Ford? Anonymous?ĭear Quote Investigator: A popular anecdote highlights the extraordinary value of properly applying specialized knowledge.