Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1818-03-24
AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL.

AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL.
A new periodical work under this title is psopo-
sed 10 be published at Newly ork and New Haven
to be conducted by Professor SILLIMAN, of Yale
College with the assistance of gentlemen of science
and emnence in various parts of the United States.
The object of the Journal will probably be of
course as its title indicates, purely scientific; and
il is in that complexion particularly offered to the
patronage of that portion of the community, which
takes an interest in the cultivation of subjects OF
this nature. Besides the purposes Of merely spec
ulative character which the publication is intended
TO answer, and which calculated TO give il a
peculiar interest in the eyes of those whose inqu
ries are specifically scientific, it is equally adapted
TO attract the favourable regard of the community
al large as well as TO recommend itself 10 the be
nevolent reception of those members of it whose
pursuits ytprofessonal by its main design
which is TO illustrate the application OF the scen
ces TO the arts and TO vindcate their Importance
on the ground of their utility. The numerous OBJ
legations, which civil society is under TO the sue
cessfuI employment and administration of this
principle in all the various details of domestic econ
omy, are not less invaluable than familiar. How
far country, Is destined to be indebted TO the
propltious operation of the same energetic prinCi-
pie upon its various political institutions, in respect
TO its agricultural, commercial. manufacturing
military and naval concerns, all of the highes
import and moment, and in which experiments
have already been made, abundaDtly acquiring the
most suspicious resuIts-is a conside alton Ger.
tainly of sufficient importance TO secure to The
present enterprise the favourable attention of all
those patriotic aud enlightened individuals in the
community, whose dispositions and opportunities
happily invite them to cooperate in promoting
the future prosperity Of the United States The
scope and design embraced in the proposed pub
cation cannot be better developed than by exhibi
ting the following extract from the prospectus
"THIs Journal is intended to embrace the circle
Of THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, with their applica-
tions TO THE ARTS, and to every useful purpose
In this circle are of course included
NATURAL History, in its three great depart
ments Of MINERALoGY, BOTANY, and ZooLoGY
CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILosopHv in
their various branches; and MATHEmATIoKs,
pure and mixed, come also within the design of the
Journal.
The APPLICATIONS OF these Sciences are obvi
ousy as numerous as physical arts. and physical
asuntS, for no one of these arts wants can be
named, which is not connected with them.
LII will be leading object in this Journal. to
illustrate AMERICAN NATURAL HIsToRY, and
especially our MINERALoGF and GEOLOGY
While ScIENCE will be cherished for as own
sake, and with due respect to its own inherent
dignity; it will also be employed as lie hdndntod
TO The Arfs. Its numerous applications to AGRI-
CULTURE, the earliest and most important of them :;
TO our MANUFACTURES, both mechanical and
chymical and to our Dow EsrIc ECONOMY, will
be ca refully sought out, and faithfully made.
In their connexion with such Journal the in
terests of Science and the Arts are respectfully
recommended to the patronage of an intelligent
public"
The work fis intended to be published in mum
bers suCcessvely to be issued at intervals as ma
terials are cellected-probabiy as often ss once
quarter for the first year, but not coalned 10 any
positive periods. Every number is to contain from
o. to 30 octave pages or upwards according to the
amount and value OF matter in preparation, by the
quantity Of which the price of each is TO be regua
ted never exceeding rs cents. 1t will be illus
trated. occasionally by suitable engravings wood
and copper : and the first number will appear AS
soon in the course of the ensuing spring, as the
state of the subscription will authorize it.
Professor SILLIMAN is already well known TO
the public by his travels in England, as well by
his general scientific talents and literary qualifca
tOns. To the friends of science i'm this section of
the country il may not be impairment to add, that
the plan of the proposed publication is introduced
to their attention under the highly respectable
sanction Of Professor CleaveIand of Bow doin Col
lego. author Of the late interesting and valuable
work on Mineralogy and Geology. which is al
ready considered text book in several of our
colleges, has been republished in England and is
said 10 be in use at the University Of Gottngen.
A very handsome subscri zion has already been
OBJ aimed in the vicinity Of the college and it will
probably lie much increased in other quarters OF the
ei.trct particularly at that central portion of il