''The Electrical Experimenter'' was an American technical science
magazine
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that was published monthly. It was established in May 1913, as the successor to ''
Modern Electrics
''Modern Electrics'' was a technical magazine for the amateur radio experimenter. The magazine existed between 1908 and 1914.
History and profile
''Modern Electrics'' was created by Hugo Gernsback and began publication in April 1908. The magaz ...
'', a combination of a magazine and mail-order catalog that had been published by
Hugo Gernsback
Hugo Gernsback (; born Hugo Gernsbacher, August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish–American editor and magazine publisher, whose publications including the first science fiction magazine. His contributions to the genre as publ ...
starting in 1908.
''The Electrical Experimenter'' continued from May 1913 to July 1920 under that name, focusing on scientific articles about
radio
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, and continued with a broader focus as ''Science and Invention'' until August 1931.
The magazine was edited by Hugo Gernsback until March 1929, when the
Experimenter Publishing empire of Sidney and Hugo Gernsback was forced into
bankruptcy
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; after that date it was edited by
Arthur H. Lynch
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.
Under the editorship of Gernsback, it also published some early
science fiction
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; he published several of his own stories in the magazine starting in 1915, and encouraged others through a 1916 editorial arguing that a "real electrical experimenter, worthy of the name" must have imagination and a vision for the future. Between August 1917 and July 1919,