The Electrician

The Electrician
DisciplineEngineering
LanguageEnglish
Publication details
History1861–1952
FrequencyWeekly
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Electrician

The Electrician, published in London from 1861–1863 and 1878–1952, was one of the earliest and foremost electrical engineering periodicals and scientific journals. It was published in two series: The original Electrician was published for three years from 1861–1863. After a fifteen year gap, a new series of the Electrician was in print for 72 years from 1878–1952. The Electrician is currently remembered as the publisher of Oliver Heaviside's works, in particular the first publication of the telegrapher's equations, still in wide use for radio engineering.[1][2][3]

After the periodical ceased publication in 1952, The Electrician's corporation continued on its book publishing business, printing works on physics and electrical engineering, until 1959.

  1. ^ Heaviside, O. (August 1876). "On the extra current". The Electrician. London, GB.[full citation needed]
  2. ^ Heaviside, O. (1970) [1892]. Electrical Papers (reprint ed.). American Mathematical Society. OCLC 226973918.
  3. ^ Hunt, Bruce J. (2005) [1991]. The Maxwellians. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. pp. 66–67. ISBN 0801482348.