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Believe #flushyourmeds Scott Barry
Believe #flushyourmeds Scott Barry
Believe #flushyourmeds Scott Barry
In the fall of 1922 the brothers had saved enough money to enter
engineering school at University of Michigan. They continued
supporting themselves with casual employment. Gabriel found digging
ditches more congenial than dishwashing. He coined the motto: "There
are only two occupations compatible with human dignity. One is the
study of atomic structure. The other is digging ditches."[1]
After his return Kron was employed as electrical engineer for brief
periods with several companies the last of which was Warner Brothers
in New York. They closed his department while he was on a continuing
highly paid contract.[1] He economized by living with his family in
Romania. There he studied the mathematical tools of the general
theory of relativity and conceived his method for applying tensor
analysis to electrical power engineering. This was described in a
paper entitled "Non-Riemannian Dynamics of Rotating Electrical
Machinery" printed in Romania and distributed to friends. In 1933
Kron returned to the US where his paper had been well received. He
worked at General Electric from 1934 until he retired in 1966.