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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 3502 visits
Popular Science 1915-09 2688 visits
Popular Science 1915-11 2157 visits
Popular Science 1916-04 2441 visits
Popular Science 1916-08 2259 visits
Popular Science 1917-03 3062 visits
Popular Science 1917-05 2277 visits
Popular Science 1919-02 2768 visits
Popular Science 1919-05 2752 visits
Popular Science 1920-07 2698 visits
Popular Science 1920-09 2854 visits
Popular Science 1921-06 2528 visits
Popular Science 1921-10 2765 visits
Popular Science 1921-11 1389 visits
Popular Science 1922-01 2299 visits
Popular Science 1922-03 3226 visits
Popular Science 1922-05 1099 visits
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Popular Science 1922-11 1363 visits
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Popular Science 1924-03 2006 visits
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Popular Science 1924-10 1182 visits
Popular Science 1925-01 2075 visits
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Popular Science 1927-01 1384 visits
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Popular Science 1927-07 2003 visits
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Popular Science 1929-01 1982 visits
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Popular Science 1930-11 1188 visits
Popular Science 1931-01 1510 visits
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