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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 3503 visits
Popular Science 1915-09 2689 visits
Popular Science 1915-11 2158 visits
Popular Science 1916-04 2442 visits
Popular Science 1916-08 2260 visits
Popular Science 1917-03 3063 visits
Popular Science 1917-05 2278 visits
Popular Science 1919-02 2769 visits
Popular Science 1919-05 2753 visits
Popular Science 1920-07 2699 visits
Popular Science 1920-09 2855 visits
Popular Science 1921-06 2529 visits
Popular Science 1921-10 2767 visits
Popular Science 1921-11 1390 visits
Popular Science 1922-01 2300 visits
Popular Science 1922-03 3227 visits
Popular Science 1922-05 1100 visits
Popular Science 1922-06 1733 visits
Popular Science 1922-09 2499 visits
Popular Science 1922-11 1364 visits
Popular Science 1923-01 2262 visits
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Popular Science 1924-02 1867 visits
Popular Science 1924-03 2007 visits
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Popular Science 1924-08 1000 visits
Popular Science 1924-10 1183 visits
Popular Science 1925-01 2076 visits
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Popular Science 1927-01 1387 visits
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Popular Science 1927-07 2004 visits
Popular Science 1927-08 1402 visits
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Popular Science 1929-01 1983 visits
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Popular Science 1930-08 1389 visits
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Popular Science 1930-11 1190 visits
Popular Science 1931-01 1511 visits
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Popular Science 1931-12 3128 visits
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Popular Science 1932-09 1208 visits
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