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Charles Proteus Steinmetz

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He doesn't believe a trumpet and a megaphone are part of a scientist's equipment.
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as reported in Electricity will keep the world from freezing up; noted expert, Dr. C.P. Steinmetz, talks of the future wonders of scientific discovery and ridicules many prophecies, New York Times (November 11, 1911).

 
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