For the United States, the founding of Scientific American proved to be the one nationally distributed publuication in which those interested in the developments in the natural sciences as well as technology could find what was occuring. This paper will discuss after an introduction to the story of Scientific American in this first twenty year period of its existence sections on the bginnings of chemical reporting in this period both domestic and foreign. Detailed reports of the works of William Crooks,John Tyndall, W.H. Perkin and A.W. von Hofmann. Coverage of Michael Faraday's public lectures was extensive and will be included in the paper. Work of a non-chemical nature of interest will be that of Charles Lyell, Louis Agassiz and Louis Pasteur.

Scientific American and its influence on the public understanding of the chemical sciences, Part I:1846-1866

254th National Meeting (2017)

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