. Electrical news and engineering . IRiH. (. J. ;ih;k, , Ikoi . \\ . li. .\\ku>s, Mk. W. H. TKinf. 1 . GROUP OF BRITISH KLI-CTRICIANS GArJflDIflJSl EbECTJ^ICAli flEWS September, 1897 BRITISH ELECTRICIANS. On the previous page appear the portraits otseveral British electricians who were in attendance atthe recent convention in Toronto of the British As-sociation for the Advancement of Science. LordKelvin, long known as Sir William Thomson, is one ofthe most eminent scientists of to-day, and to him is duein no small degree the wonderful advancement whi
. Electrical news and engineering . IRiH. (. J. ;ih;k, , Ikoi . \\ . li. .\\ku>s, Mk. W. H. TKinf. 1 . GROUP OF BRITISH KLI-CTRICIANS GArJflDIflJSl EbECTJ^ICAli flEWS September, 1897 BRITISH ELECTRICIANS. On the previous page appear the portraits otseveral British electricians who were in attendance atthe recent convention in Toronto of the British As-sociation for the Advancement of Science. LordKelvin, long known as Sir William Thomson, is one ofthe most eminent scientists of to-day, and to him is duein no small degree the wonderful advancement whichhas been made in the development of electricity inrecent years. He was born in Ireland in 1824, andgraduated at several colleges. From 1846 to 1852 hewas Fellow in St. Peters College, Cambridge, andsince that time his life has been devoted to the progressof physical science. To telegraphy Lord Kelvinsservices have been of peculiar value. He acted aselectrician for the Atlantic cable, 1857-58 and 1865-66 ;he invented the mirror ga
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