---------- Forwarded message --------- From: N Sekar <[email protected]> Date: Mon, May 19, 2025, 1:33 PM Subject: Fwd To: Kerala Iyer <[email protected]>, Narayanaswamy Sekar < [email protected]>, Rangarajan T.N.C. <[email protected]>, Chittanandam V. R. <[email protected]>, Srinivasan Sridharan < [email protected]>, Mathangi K. Kumar <[email protected]>, Rama (Iyer 123 Group) <[email protected]>, Suryanarayana Ambadipudi < [email protected]>, Mani APS <[email protected]>
My note: It is said Sri Visvesvaraya, once when traveling by train in the night ( sleeping jn his compartment) pulled the chain and stopped the train. On being asked why, he replied that thd rails ahead have some problems and so he stopped the train. Asked how he knew he said he could guess it from the vibrations he heard. Sure enough when the guard and the driver checked, a few meters ahead the rails had parted or some such issue. Not for nothing his birthday is celebrated as the Engineers Day. He was the man who thought of and designed the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam and had it constructed by the then Maharaja of Mysore. Sri V was the Chief Engineer of Mysore. Thought of it when I read the Fwd. N Sekar FWD: 👆👆👆You’ve probably heard the old tale about the engineer who charged $10,000 to fix a machine: $1 for turning the right screw and $9,999 for knowing which screw to turn. Well, it’s not just a legend — the engineer was real. His name was Charles Proteus Steinmetz (1865–1923), a brilliant mind in electrical engineering. One day, at Henry Ford’s River Rouge plant, a massive generator broke down. None of Ford’s own engineers could figure out the problem. So, Ford called in Steinmetz. When he arrived, Steinmetz asked for only three things: a notebook, a pencil, and a cot. He spent two days and nights listening to the machine, jotting down calculations. Finally, Steinmetz requested a ladder, a tape measure, and a piece of chalk. He climbed up the generator, took a few measurements, and marked a spot with an X. Turning to Ford’s engineers, he said: "Remove this panel, unwind the coil exactly here, and take out 16 turns of wire." They did — and the generator roared back to life. A few days later, Henry Ford received a bill from Steinmetz: $10,000. Ford, surprised by the amount, asked for an itemized invoice. Steinmetz replied: Marking the spot with chalk: $1 Knowing where to mark: $9,999 Without a second thought, Ford paid the bill. This story was later documented by Jack B. Scott, the son of one of Ford’s employees, in Life magazine in 1965. Steinmetz was only about 4 feet tall, with a hunched back and uneven gait — but behind his unusual appearance lived one of the greatest scientific minds of the era, a friend to Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer <https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CABC81ZeYNoqTq8qt4ZdN%3Di2vmbeF_jh4hPgLSJYMcS7-GFVcKA%40mail.gmail.com.
