Vintage Popular Science Magazine, Volume 2 DVD, 1906-1924, 206 issues

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The Volume 2 DVD of our Popular Mechanics series contains 206 issues from 1906-1924. These are all hard to find issues..

Vintage Popular Science Magazine Collection
Volume 2
1906-1924

Popular Science (PopSci) is an American monthly magazine carrying popular science content, that is, articles for the general reader on science and technology subjects. Popular Science has won over 58 awards, including the American Society of Magazine Editors awards for its journalistic excellence in both 2003 (for General Excellence) and 2004 (for Best Magazine Section). With roots beginning in 1872, PopSci has been translated into over 30 languages and goes out to at least 45 countries.

Popular Science Monthly was founded in May 1872 by Edward L. Youmans to disseminate scientific knowledge to the educated layman. Youmans had previously worked as an editor for the weekly Appleton's Journal and persuaded them to publish his new journal. Early issues were mostly reprints of English periodicals. The journal became an outlet for writings and ideas of Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Louis Pasteur, Henry Ward Beecher, Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, Thomas Edison, John Dewey and James McKeen Cattell. William Jay Youmans, Edward's brother, helped found Popular Science Monthly in 1872 and was an editor as well. He became editor-in-chief on Edward's death in 1887. The publisher, D. Appleton & Company, was forced for economic reasons to sell the journal in 1900.

James McKeen Cattell became the editor in 1900 and the publisher in 1901. Cattell had a background in academics and continued publishing articles for educated readers. By 1915 the readership was declining and publishing a science journal was a financial challenge. In a September 1915 editorial, Cattell related these difficulties to his readers and announced that the "Popular Science Monthly" name had been "transferred" to a group that wanted the name for a general audience magazine, a publication which fit the name better. The existing journal would continue the academic tradition as Scientific Monthly. Existing subscribers would remain subscribed under the new name. Scientific Monthly was published until 1958 when it was absorbed into Science.

The Modern Publishing Company acquired the Popular Science Monthly name. This company had purchased Electrician and Mechanic magazine in 1914 and over the next two years merged several magazines together into a science magazine for a general audience. The magazine had a series of name changes: Modern Electrics and Mechanics, Popular Electricity and Modern Mechanics, Modern Mechanics and finally World's Advance, before the publishers purchased the name Popular Science Monthly. The October 1915 issue was titled Popular Science Monthly and World's Advance.

The change in Popular Science Monthly was dramatic. The old version was a scholarly journal that had eight to ten articles in a 100 page issue. There would be ten to twenty photographs or illustrations. The new version had hundreds of short, easy to read articles with hundreds of illustrations.

This collection on DVD provides the monthly issues shown in high quality PDF format. Each issue is a high resolution PDF file, hence why our complete set takes up a whopping 9 DVD's. You need the latest copy of Adobe Reader to view these files. This collection really exemplifies classic Americana. Equally as interesting as the old articles are the old advertisements that are included in these. Perfect for someone doing research or is interested in reading some of these old articles.

Volume 2 DVD (206 total monthly issues)
1906 Volume 69	1919 03 Mar	1921 09 Sept
1907 Volume 70	1919 04 Apr	1921 10 Oct
1907 Volume 71	1919 05 May	1921 11 Nov
1908 Volume 72	1919 06 Jun	1921 12 Dec
1908 Volume 73	1919 07 Jul	1922 07 Jul
1909 Volume 74	1919 08 Aug	1922 08 Aug
1909 Volume 75	1919 10 Oct	1922 09 Sep
1910 Volume 76	1919 12 Dec	1922 10 Oct
1910 Volume 77	1920 01 Jan	1922 11 Nov
1911 Volume 78	1920 02 Feb	1922 12 Dec
1911 Volume 79	1920 04 Apr	1923 01 Jan
1912 Volume 80	1920 05 May	1923 02 Feb
1912 Volume 81	1920 06 June	1923 03 Mar
1913 Volume 82	1920 07 July	1923 04 Apr
1913 Volume 83	1920 08 Aug	1923 05 May
1914 Volume 84	1920 09 Sept	1923 06 Jun
1914 Volume 85	1920 10 Oct	1923 07 Jul
1915 Volume 86	1920 11 Nov	1923 08 Aug
1915 Volume 87	1920 12 Dec	1923 09 Sept
1916 Volume 88	1921 01 Jan	1923 10 Oct
1916 Volume 89	1921 02 Feb	1923 11 Nov
1917 Volume 90	1921 03 Mar	1923 12 Dec
1917 Volume 91	1921 04 Apr	1924 01 Jan
1918 Volume 92	1921 05 May	1924 02 Feb
1918 Volume 93	1921 06 Jun	1924 03 Mar
1919 01 Jan	1921 07 Jul	1924 04 Apr
1919 02 Feb	1921 08 Aug