Scientific American

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a popular-science magazine, published (first weekly and later monthly) since August 28, 1845, making it the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. It brings articles about new and innovative research to the amateur and lay audience.

Publication history

First series in 14 volumes published weekly from August 28, 1845 until June 25, 1859.
Second series began on July 2, 1859 as a weekly and continued thus until 1921 when it merged with Scientific American Monthly, and continued as a monthly from November 1921 until the present. Volume number 128 was used twice. Most recently volume 299 has been issued in the second half of 2008.
Scientific American Supplement was a monthly published in 88 volumes between 1876 and 1919.
Scientific American Monthly superseded the supplement, and was published in four volumes until October 1921.
Scientific American Building Monthly began in November 1885, was renamed the Scientific American. Architects and Builders Edition the following month, and continued with that name until December 1901, and became Scientific American. Building Edition until June 1905, after a total of 39 volumes. In July 1905 it was superseded by American Homes and Gardens which lasted until September 1915, when it merged with House & Garden. That publication has announced that the December 2007 issue will be its last.
A monthly export edition was produced with separate paging with América cientifica between January 1895 and February 1903.

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First series

Second series

Volume 2
- Hop frames
- Magnetized wheels of locomotives
Volume 17
- No. 26, December 28, 1867 Project Gutenberg
Volume 22
- No. 1, January 1, 1870 Project Gutenberg
Volume 24
- No. 12, March 18, 1871 Project Gutenberg
Volume 36
- No. 8, February 24, 1877 Project Gutenberg
Volume 39
- No. 6, August 10, 1878 Project Gutenberg
- No. 24, December 14, 1878 Project Gutenberg
Volume 40
- No. 13, March 29, 1879 Project Gutenberg
Volume 43
- No. 1, July 3, 1880 Project Gutenberg
- No. 25, December 18, 1880 Project Gutenberg

Rufus Porter, November 08, 1884

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Scientific American

Contents

Publication history

First series

Scans

Second series

Supplements