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Bolton's Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 1665-1895

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Bolton's Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 1665-1895
Bolton, Henry Carrington
Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 1665-1895; together with chronological tables and a library check-list.. Second Edition.
Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1897.

This work is similar to Scudder in some ways, but is confined exclusively to "independent" journals (i.e. non-societal journals). Although it does not list journals published by societies, its "Chronological Tables" tell us how few independent journals there were during the 18th century. From this we can see how predominant the role of scientific societies was in publishing the primary research literature until about the end of the 18th century.

A special feature of this catalogue is the plenitude of cross-references, especially from the names of editors of independent journals to the titles of these journals.

Available online via the National Library of Medicine at https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-58810410R-bk

Contents of Bolton's Catalogue of Scientific and Technical Periodicals, 1665-1895
Heading
Place
in the
Volume
Number
of Pages
Alphabetical Catalogue pp.1-1001
1001
Addenda pp.1002-1015
14
Chronological Tables pp.1017-1123
107
Index to Periodicals in the Chronological Tables pp.1125-1140
16
Index of Subjects pp.1141-1154
14
Appendix. Library Check-List, showing in what American libraries the foregoing periodicals may be found pp.1155-1247
93

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