Re: History

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

FYI

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a genius that changed all our worlds...  for 
a quick summery:

http://www.dailyobjectivist-dot-com/Heroes/CharlesSteinmetz.asp

and a long one:

http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/steinmetz.html

Cheers,

         Terry



At 02:34 PM 11/13/2004, you wrote:

>----- > John F. Cooper
> > Irvine, CA
> > www.Tesla-Coil-dot-com
> > www.FrankensteinsLab-dot-com"
> >
> > What's so weird?  Steinmetz was deformed (physically, not mentally) and
> > "Tesla's ear" appears to be just a trick of the shadows.  What's weird
> > to me is the look on the guys faces - not at all happy!  I've seen this
> > picture before along with speculation that it was a fake.  Anybody know
> > more?
> >
> > Ed
> >
>They all look pretty grim.  Maybe it was miserably cold or it was taken
>early in the morning after a latenight banquet.
>I note that several are holding umbrellas and/or wearing gloves, and the
>rest have their hands in their overcoat pockets.
>
>As for being a fake... it certainly could be, especially with modern image
>editing tools.  The lighting is pretty flat so there's no hard shadows to
>check for consistency.  I note that the person standing just to the left of
>Einstein has a coat that opens the "wrong" way. Mens' coats usually have the
>buttons on the right side (if you're wearing it) and the button holes on the
>left.
> >