Two electrical periodicals: The Electrician and The Electrical Review 1880¿1890

From the late 1870s two weekly periodicals, The Electrician and The Electrical Review, not only reported widely on all developments and matters of interest to electrical engineers, but also provided a forum for their distinguished editorial staff and others to comment on matters of concern to the newly emerging industry. Their correspondence columns provided a lively outlet for professionals and amateurs concerns alike, sometimes reaching an intensity of argument which would be quite unacceptable today. This paper looks at the contributions made by the two papers to the newly emerging profession during the decade 1880¿1890.