Synthetic sugar on a commercial scale, when discovered, will revolutionize human life PAGE 131 The development of the Red Cross Clara Barton in Cuba at seventy-eight years CHARLES PROTEUS STEINMETZ ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING "The hunchback who played with thunderbolts'' Unique and many-sided genius A most lovable character Nature planned him as a big man physically Born April 9th, 1865, at Breslau, Germany His education in Breslau, Berlin and Zurich The nickname "Proteus" a student tribute ... The little dwarf finds employment in Yonkers, N. Y. He joins an incandescent lamp manufacturer's staff 183 184 185 Two hundred patents on his inventions 196 197 Unscrewing "electrical whorls'' 198 His views on waterpower as "white coal" He becomes president of the American Institute of His indifference to convention in personal habits Candidate for State Engineer on the Socialist ticket Success achieved Wednesday, December 11th, 1901 Born July 30th, 1863 World wide extent of the Ford motor works Methods of Manufacture.. Raw materials to finished product A leader in industrial justice His reading When the "America' defeated the "Shamrock II’’ Reporting international yacht races by wireless Two transmitters "jam" each other Their varied uses The experiments transferred to Kill Devil Hill, N. C. Extraordinary obstacles to overcome First flights with a powered airplane, December 17, 1903. 304 303 Bids asked by the Signal Corps for a "gasless flying machine'' Demonstrating the contract machine An accident to Orville Wright. |