''Quarterly Journal of Science'' was the title of two British
scientific periodicals of the 19th century.
The first was established in 1816 by
William Thomas Brande, as the ''Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts''. He edited it with
John Millington and then
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday (; 22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English chemist and physicist who contributed to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. His main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic inducti ...
. To a large extent a vehicle for authors associated with the
Royal Institution, it was taken over by the Institution in 1830, and then appeared as the ''Journal of the Royal Institution'', to 1832.
In 1864,
William Crookes
Sir William Crookes (; 17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London, and worked on spectroscopy. He was a pioneer of vacuum tubes, inventing ...
started the ''Quarterly Journal of Science'' with
James Samuelson. He edited it alone from 1870, and sold it in 1878, when the title was changed to ''Journal of Science'', a monthly appearing to 1885.
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Defunct journals of the United Kingdom
Multidisciplinary scientific journals
Publications established in 1816
Publications established in 1864
Publications disestablished in 1832
Publications disestablished in 1885
Multidisciplinary academic journals
1816 establishments in the United Kingdom
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