Charles Proteus Steinmetz: genius, forethinker.(electrical engineer)(Biography) From: Electronic Design | Date: October 20, 2006| Author: Kilbane, Doris | COPYRIGHT 2006 Penton Media, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was both an electrical engineering genius and a great forward thinker in educational and social issues.

In the scientific field, Steinmetz is remembered for many electrically related inventions. He invented a commercially successful alternating-current motor, identified and explained the Law of Hysteresis governing power losses, developed a user-friendly method to manage and calculate values for alternating current, and invented lightning-resist...

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