Electricity is doing for
Electricity is doing for the distribution of energy what the railroads have done for the distribution of materials. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Charles Proteus Steinmetz
As for my memory,
As for my memory, I have a particularly good one. I never keep any record of my investigations or experiments. My memory files all these things away conveniently and reliably. I should say, though, that I didn’t cumber it up with a lot of useless matter. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Mathematics is the most
Mathematics is the most exact science, and its conclusions are capable of absolute proof. But this is so only because mathematics does not attempt to draw absolute conclusions. All mathematical truths are relative, conditional. In E. T. Bell Men of Mathematics, New York: Simona and Schuster, 1937. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Indeed, the most important
Indeed, the most important part of engineering work-and also of other scientific work-is the determination of the method of attacking the problem, whatever it may be, whether an experimental investigation, or a theoretical calculation. … It is by the choice of a suitable method of attack, that intricate problems are reduced to simple phenomena, and … Read more
In the realm of
In the realm of science, all attempts to find any evidence of supernatural beings, of metaphysical concepts, as God, immortality, infinity, etc have thus far failed, and if we are honest, we must confess that in science there exists no God, no immortality, no soul or mind, as distinct from the body. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
No evidence or proof
No evidence or proof of the existence of a God has been found in the phenomena of nature, based on experience. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
The scientist is not
The scientist is not much given to talking of the riddle of the universe. Riddle is not a scientific term. The conception of a riddle is something which can he solved. And hence the scientist does not use that popular phrase. We don’t know the why of anything. On that matter we are no further … Read more
From a mathematical standpoint
From a mathematical standpoint it is possible to have infinite space. In a mathematical sense space is manifoldness, or combinations of numbers. Physical space is known as the 3-dimension system. There is the 4-dimension system, the 10-dimension system. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
The mercury light doesn’t
The mercury light doesn’t show red. It makes the blood in your skin look blue-black. But see how splendidly it brings out the green in the plants. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
I have succeeded in
I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering. Charles Proteus Steinmetz