# 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* Scientific American Monthly superseded the supplement, and was published in four volumes until October 1921.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 In July 1905 it was superseded by American Homes and Gardens which lasted until September 1915, when it merged with House & Garden.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.

## First series

* Volume 1
* Volume 2
* Volume 3
* Volume 4
* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7
* Volume 8
* Volume 9
* Volume 10
* Volume 11
* Volume 12
* Volume 13
* Volume 14
** The Death of Henry L. Ellsworth
** The Rise, Progress and Influence of the "Scientific American"
** Commissioner Holt appointed Postmaster General
** Reminiscences of Sewing Machine Inventors
** The Patent Office Building
** Tribute of Respect to the New Postmaster General
** Machinery and Labor
** What Next? -- Flying

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## 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

### Supplements

* Hathitrust volumes here.
* No. 275, April 9, 1881 Project Gutenberg
* No. 286, June 25, 1881 Project Gutenberg
* No. 288, July 9, 1881 Project Gutenberg
* No. 299, September 24, 1881 Project Gutenberg
* No. 312, December 24, 1881 Project Gutenberg
* No. 324, March 18, 1882 Project Gutenberg
* No. 360, November 25, 1882 Project Gutenberg
* No. 363, December 16, 1882 Project Gutenberg
* No. 365, December 30, 1882 Project Gutenberg
* No. 385, May 19, 1883 Project Gutenberg
* No. 388, June 9, 1883 Project Gutenberg
* No. 401, September 8, 1883 Project Gutenberg
* No. 415, December 15, 1883 Project Gutenberg
* No. 430, March 29, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 433, April 19, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 446, July 19, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 455, September 20, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 458, October 11, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 460, October 25, 1884 Project Gutenberg
* No. 470, January 3, 1885 Project Gutenberg
* No. 488, May 9, 1885 Project Gutenberg
* No. 492, June 6, 1885 Project Gutenberg
* No. 497, July 11, 1885 Project Gutenberg
* No. 520, December 19, 1885 Project Gutenberg
* No. 531, March 6, 1886 Project Gutenberg
* No. 561, October 2, 1886 Project Gutenberg
* No. 586, March 26, 1887 Project Gutenberg
* No. 598, June 18, 1887 Project Gutenberg
* No. 601, July 9, 1887 Project Gutenberg
* No. 611, September 17, 1887 Project Gutenberg
* No. 623, December 10, 1887 Project Gutenberg
* No. 643, April 28, 1888 Project Gutenberg
* No. 647, May 26, 1888 Project Gutenberg
* No. 648, June 2, 1888 Project Gutenberg
* No. 717, September 28, 1889 Project Gutenberg
* No. 794, March 21, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 795, March 28, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 799, April 25, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 810, July 11, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 819, September 12, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 821, September 26, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 832, December 12, 1891 Project Gutenberg
* No. 841, February 13, 1892 Project Gutenberg
* No. 1082, September 26, 1896 Project Gutenberg
* No. 1157, March 5, 1898 Project Gutenberg