Philosophical Magazine

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Philosophical Magazine

description Scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise Natural sciences
language English
publishing company Taylor & Francis ( UK )
First edition 1798
Frequency of publication 36 times a year
Editor-in-chief Edward A. Davis
Web link Philosophical Magazine
Article archive archive
ISSN 1478-6435
CODEN PMHABF

The Philosophical Magazine is the oldest commercial scientific journal in the world, which is still being published. Founded by Alexander Tilloch (1759-1825), it first appeared in June 1798 in London. It has been published by Taylor & Francis since 1852 . The authors include Michael Faraday , James Prescott Joule , James Clerk Maxwell , Joseph John Thomson , Baron Rayleigh , Ernest Rutherford, and Otto Hahn .

history

Title page of the first edition from June 1798.

The journal founded by Alexander Tilloch was originally entitled The Philosophical magazine: comprehending the various branches of science, the liberal and fine arts, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce . From Volume 60, published in July 1822, Tilloch was assisted by Richard Taylor (1781-1858) in publishing the magazine, who was initially sole editor until the end of 1826 after Tilloch's death. In early 1827, the Philosophical Magazine and the Annals of Philosophy merged. Richard Phillips (1778-1851) became co-editor and the journal was distributed under the changed title The Philosophical magazine, or annals of chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, natural history and general science , which was retained until June 1832. In mid-1832 it was finally merged with the Edinburgh Journal of Science , which had been edited by David Brewster until then . Brewster was co-editor of its third episode entitled The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science operating under the name Philosophical Magazine . In 1840 Robert Kane , founder of the Dublin Journal of Medical Science , became fourth editor and from then on the journal was called The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science , which was retained for a long time. Since 1949 the magazine has been called simply Philosophical Magazine again . In 1978 the magazine was split into two parts, Philosophical Magazine A and Philosophical Magazine B. In 2003 the two parts were merged again.

The editors included John Tyndall , Thomson, Nevill F. Mott, and William Lawrence Bragg . The Philosophical Magazine is currently published by Lindsay Greer of Cambridge University .

content

At the time of its inception, Philosophical Magazine covered the entire spectrum of the natural sciences. The first issue dealt with a special type of steam engine, with methods for the chemical analysis of wine and with the reaction of hydrogen and oxygen to form water. In the second half of the 19th century, James Clerk Maxwell published the Maxwell equations . In 1887 Albert A. Michelson and Edward W. Morley wrote about the Michelson-Morley experiment, and in 1897 the article Cathode Rays by Joseph John Thomson appeared, which documented the discovery of the electron . In the early 20th century, Ernest Rutherford suggested the experiments of Hans Geiger and Ernest Marsden in Philosophical Magazine . In 1913, Niels Bohr published Bohr's atomic model . Rutherford's article Collision of α Particles with Light Atoms , which was written later, documents the conversion of one chemical element into another through a nuclear reaction for the first time.

The Philosophical Magazine appears 36 times a year. It is supplemented by twelve annual issues of Philosophical Magazine Letters . This supplement, published since 1987, prefers to publish short articles on solid state physics .

bibliography

  • 1st episode:
    The Philosophical magazine: comprehending the various branches of science, the liberal and fine arts, agriculture, manufactures, and commerce . Volumes 1-68. June 1798 to December 1826.
  • Second episode:
    The Philosophical magazine, or annals of chemistry, mathematics, astronomy, natural history and general science . Volume 1-11. January 1827 to June 1832.
  • 3rd episode:
    The London and Edinburgh philosophical magazine and journal of science . Vol. 1-16, July 1832 to June 1840.
    The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science . Volume 17-37. July 1840 to December 1850.
  • 4th episode:
    Volumes 1-50. January 1851 to December 1875.
  • 5th episode:
    Volumes 1-50. January 1876 to December 1900.
  • 6th episode:
    Volumes 1-50. January 1901 to December 1925.
  • 7th episode:
    Volumes 1-46. January 1926 to December 1955.
  • 8th episode:
    Volume 1 – xx. January 1956 to date.

literature

  • Edward Arthur Davis (Ed.): Science in the Making: Scientific Development as Chronicled by Historic Papers in the Philosophical Magazine - with Commentaries and Illustrations . 4 volumes. Taylor & Francis, London 1995-1999.
  • Joanne Shattock (Ed.): The Cambridge bibliography of English literature . Volume 4. 1800-1900, 3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2000, ISBN 0521391008 , p. 2935.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [1]

Web links

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