찰스 프로테우스 스타인메츠

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찰스 프로테우스 스타인메츠(Charles Proteus Steinmetz, 1865년 4월 9일 ~ 1923년 10월 26일)는 미국의 전기 공학자·발명가다.

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a Prussian-American mathematician and electrical engineer and professor at Union College. He fostered the development of alternating current that made possible the expansion of the electric power industry in the United States, formulating mathematical theories for engineers. He made ground-breaking discoveries in the understanding of hysteresis that enabled engineers to design better electromagnetic apparatus equipment, especially electric motors for use in industry.