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| − | '''''Scientific American''''' is a monthly science magazine which was first published in 1845.<ref>http://sciam.com/page.cfm?section=history</ref> It is the oldest continuously-published magazine in the [[United States]]. Scientific American publishes 15 foreign language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide.<ref>http://sciam.com/page.cfm?section=aboutus</ref> | + | '''''Scientific American''''' is a monthly science magazine which was first published in 1845.<ref>http://sciam.com/page.cfm?section=history</ref> It is the oldest continuously-published magazine in the [[United States]]. Scientific American publishes 15 foreign language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide.<ref>http://sciam.com/page.cfm?section=aboutus</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:41, April 17, 2008
Scientific American is a monthly science magazine which was first published in 1845.[1] It is the oldest continuously-published magazine in the United States. Scientific American publishes 15 foreign language editions and has a total of more than 1,000,000 copies in circulation worldwide.[2]
History and Influence
In 1845, Rufus Porter founded the publication as a weekly broadsheet subtitled "The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise, and Journal of Mechanical and Other Improvements. The publication was sold 10 months later to Orson Desaix Munn and Alfred Ely Beach.
For a century, Munn & Company retained ownership of the magazine, which chronicled the major discoveries and inventions of the Industrial Revolution, including the Bessemer steel converter, the telephone and the incandescent lightbulb. Edison presented the prototype of the phonograph for inspection by the editors, and Samuel Morse, father of the telegraph, and Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, were frequent visitors to the offices in downtown New York City.[3]
Support for Patent Process
Scientific American founded the first branch of the U.S. Patent Agency in 1850 to provide technical help and legal advice to inventors. A Washington, D.C., branch was added in 1859. By 1900 more than 100,000 inventions had been patented thanks to Scientific American.[4]