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After immigrating to the united stated in 1888, carl august rudolph steinmetz americanized his name to charles proteus steinmetz. Charles proteus steinmetz electrical engineer master. Steinmetz, charles proteus carl august rudolf, peter eisenstadt editor, laura evemoss managing editor, the encyclopedia of new york state, syracuse university press, 2007. In a mathematical sense space is manifoldness, or combinations of numbers. Charles proteus steinmetz 18651923 the use of complex numbers to solve ac circuit problems, the socalled phasor method, was first done by the germanaustrian mathematician and electrical engineer charles proteus steinmetz in a paper presented in 1893. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Steinmetz in schenectady a picture history of three memorable decades, larry hart, old dorp books, 1978.
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