All these comments and no Steinmetz mention. The original papers he wrote applying the transforms to electrical engineering work are so genius and simplifying for the craft, and he's such a nicer person for one of the founders of the field of EE.
Also the origin of that old story about $10 for hitting the machine with a hammer $9990 knowing where to hit it, from what I can gather.
The story I heard was he had a genetic hunchback, and never married out of fear of passing it on. It never seemed to stop him, he seemed to live a good life surrounded by friends.
