Critical Steinmetz Source Frontier
The Frontier
Section titled “The Frontier”This page is the no-shortcuts list. These records are critical because they bear directly on Steinmetz’s defining contributions: hysteresis, complex quantities, general circuit equations, lightning and impulse currents, magnetic forces, distributed cable discharge, and cumulative surges.
| Work | Year | Type | State | Why It Matters | Next Actions | Trail |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the Law of Hysteresis | 1892 | journal_article | Foundational source for Steinmetz’s hysteresis law, magnetic loss, and the later Steinmetz equation. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Complex Quantities and Their Use in Electrical Engineering | 1894 | conference_paper | Flagship source for complex quantities, the symbolic method, and early phasor engineering. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Lightning Phenomena in Electric Circuits | 1907 | journal_article | Primary lightning, surge, impulse, and high-voltage transient source. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| The General Equations of the Electric Circuit | 1908 | journal_article | Bridge between symbolic method, differential equations, transients, and general circuit theory. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Mechanical Forces in Magnetic Fields | 1910 | journal_article | High-value source for force, stress, pressure, and tension language in magnetic fields. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Outline of Theory of Impulse Currents | 1916 | journal_article | Direct source for impulse-current and surge mathematics. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| The General Equations of the Electric Circuit-III | 1919 | journal_article | Continuation of Steinmetz’s general circuit equation program. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Cable Charge and Discharge | 1923 | journal_article | Distributed capacity, cable charge/discharge curves, and line-transient behavior. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| Frequency Conversion by Third Class Conductor and Mechanism of the Arcing Ground and Other Cumulative Surges | 1923 | journal_article | Nonlinear discharge, arcing-ground, cumulative-surge, and frequency-conversion source. | Acquire primary scan, publisher PDF, or public page-image source. Create raw custody manifest, OCR, page map, candidate equations, figures, concepts, glossary, and quotes. | Authority | |
| The Natural Period of a Transmission Line and the Frequency of Lightning Discharge Therefrom | 1898 | article | Planned Acquisition | Lightning, surge frequency, distributed constants, natural period, and transmission-line wave behavior. | Locate the best public-domain or institutional authority copy. Run the standard source pipeline before any claims are promoted. | Authority pending |
| Disruptive Strength with Transient Voltages | 1910 | journal_article | Planned Acquisition | Transient voltages, disruptive strength, insulation stress, and surge breakdown behavior. | Locate the best public-domain or institutional authority copy. Run the standard source pipeline before any claims are promoted. | Authority |
| Instability of Electric Circuits | 1914 | journal_article | Planned Acquisition | Circuit instability, cumulative effects, oscillations, and protection language. | Locate the best public-domain or institutional authority copy. Run the standard source pipeline before any claims are promoted. | Authority |
| The Oxide Film Lightning Arrester | 1918 | journal_article | Planned Acquisition | Lightning arresters, surge protection, oxide films, and high-voltage apparatus behavior. | Locate the best public-domain or institutional authority copy. Run the standard source pipeline before any claims are promoted. | Authority |
| Condenser Discharges Through a General Gas Circuit | 1922 | journal_article | Planned Acquisition | Gas discharge behavior, condenser discharge, oscillation/damping, and high-voltage transients. | Locate the best public-domain or institutional authority copy. Run the standard source pipeline before any claims are promoted. | Authority |