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Charles Proteus Steinmetz was known as the "Wizard of Schenectady." This video is on his wild and influential life and how he more than earned that moniker.
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Jeff Parisse's video on our Spark Museum trip: • Spark Museum Road Trip #4
My top 2 favorite Steinmetz biographies:
John Hammond "Charles Proteus Steinmetz: A Biography" (1924)
Ronald Kline "Steinmetz: Engineer and Socialist" (1992)
I also highly recommend this list of Steinmetz's photos (New York Heritage Steinmetz Digital Collection): nyheritage.org...
Links to videos used:
Edison Tech Movie about GE research labs: • Steinmetz and Rice fou...
Union College Movie: • Phasors Steinmetz and ...
1922 Radio address by Steinmetz: nyheritage.con...
miSci newsreel of Edison's 1922 visit to Schenectady "Thomas Edison in Schenectady": • Thomas Edison in Schen...
miSci Film from 1976 where an actor pretends to be Edison to talk about Steinmetz "The Beginning of GE": • The Beginning of GE - ...
Kolin Hagar's radio interview from 1972 where he tells the Steinmetz/Ford story: edisontechcent...
Film of Steinmetz's restored 1914 electric car (Shared by Union College and the Edison Tech Center): • 1914 Detroit Electric ...
As usual, a big thank you to the fabulous Kim Nalley for singing "electricity" and some background music. www.kimnalley.com