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First issued in 1872, POPULAR SCIENCE is still being published today, and you can click here to subscribe. Their website is well worth looking at. You can buy your own historical issues of the magazine: Search eBay for issues of POPULAR SCIENCE.

What can we say about this magazine that isn't obvious just from looking at the covers? It started out as a dry, technical magazine for the popular academic audience. By late 1915, with declining circulation, the publisher sold the title, and a new, popularized version came out (what had been WORLD'S ADVANCE now continued under the POPULAR SCIENCE name). The original magazine continued under the name of SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY, lasting until 1958 when it was merged into SCIENCE. This was confusing then, and it is confusing now; thanks to Michael Holley for extricating the publishing history of these magazines.

To illustrate the change, we include two 1915/16 issues even though they are not of our usual minimum quality; they are the best we have. The last items in this album are the covers of WORLD'S ADVANCE from just before the change (again, sorry about the poor quality, but it's all we have), and the cover of the new magazine SCIENTIFIC MONTHLY, for reference; note the similarity to early issues of POPULAR SCIENCE.

Popular Science 1885-01 3415 visits
Popular Science 1915-09 2637 visits
Popular Science 1915-11 2103 visits
Popular Science 1916-04 2389 visits
Popular Science 1916-08 2202 visits
Popular Science 1917-03 3006 visits
Popular Science 1917-05 2235 visits
Popular Science 1919-02 2717 visits
Popular Science 1919-05 2705 visits
Popular Science 1920-07 2650 visits
Popular Science 1920-09 2806 visits
Popular Science 1921-06 2480 visits
Popular Science 1921-10 2655 visits
Popular Science 1921-11 1320 visits
Popular Science 1922-01 2249 visits
Popular Science 1922-03 3180 visits
Popular Science 1922-05 1032 visits
Popular Science 1922-06 1637 visits
Popular Science 1922-09 2450 visits
Popular Science 1922-11 1290 visits
Popular Science 1923-01 2215 visits
Popular Science 1923-06 1623 visits
Popular Science 1924-02 1815 visits
Popular Science 1924-03 1941 visits
Popular Science 1924-06 1746 visits
Popular Science 1924-08 903 visits
Popular Science 1924-10 1109 visits
Popular Science 1925-01 2025 visits
Popular Science 1925-02 2200 visits
Popular Science 1925-04 1723 visits
Popular Science 1925-10 981 visits
Popular Science 1926-01 1757 visits
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Popular Science 1926-05 1179 visits
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Popular Science 1926-08 1071 visits
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Popular Science 1926-11 1417 visits
Popular Science 1927-01 1259 visits
Popular Science 1927-02 1304 visits
Popular Science 1927-05 2059 visits
Popular Science 1927-07 1955 visits
Popular Science 1927-08 1345 visits
Popular Science 1928-01 1504 visits
Popular Science 1928-04 1463 visits
Popular Science 1928-06 1403 visits
Popular Science 1929-01 1938 visits
Popular Science 1929-05 1605 visits
Popular Science 1929-06 1549 visits
Popular Science 1929-08 1725 visits
Popular Science 1929-10 1477 visits
Popular Science 1930-04 1436 visits
Popular Science 1930-07 654 visits
Popular Science 1930-08 1294 visits
Popular Science 1930-09 1374 visits
Popular Science 1930-11 1058 visits
Popular Science 1931-01 1464 visits
Popular Science 1931-04 2072 visits
Popular Science 1931-07 942 visits
Popular Science 1931-12 3083 visits
Popular Science 1932-06 810 visits
Popular Science 1932-09 1117 visits
Popular Science 1932-10 1155 visits
Popular Science 1932-12 1336 visits
Popular Science 1933-01 2503 visits
Popular Science 1933-07 799 visits
Popular Science 1933-08 1229 visits
Popular Science 1933-09 937 visits
Popular Science 1933-10 1472 visits
Popular Science 1933-11 1027 visits
Popular Science 1933-12 744 visits
Popular Science 1934-01 853 visits
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Popular Science 1934-11 1722 visits

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