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Currently Playing: How Steinmetz became the "Wizard of Schenectady"

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. For the script: My mailing list: https://kathylovesphysics.ck.page/welcome My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15291200 Jeff Parisse's video on our Spark Museum trip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe0lh9q2ZMs 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): https://nyheritage.org/organizations/steinmetz-digital-collection-schenectady Links to videos used: Edison Tech Movie about GE research labs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY3eGA1nscI Union College Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ddmM3EAzwY 1922 Radio address by Steinmetz: https://nyheritage.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/schmuse/id/269/rec/1 miSci newsreel of Edison's 1922 visit to Schenectady "Thomas Edison in Schenectady": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbDEGa49NCM miSci Film from 1976 where an actor pretends to be Edison to talk about Steinmetz "The Beginning of GE": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-4Ud62jTCY Kolin Hagar's radio interview from 1972 where he tells the Steinmetz/Ford story: https://edisontechcenter.org/CharlesProteusSteinmetz.html Film of Steinmetz's restored 1914 electric car (Shared by Union College and the Edison Tech Center): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CARyUfkiBY8 As usual, a big thank you to the fabulous Kim Nalley for singing "electricity" and some background music. www.kimnalley.com