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November 10, 2011 by Gary Price

Free Access Alert: 1845-1909 Archive Collection of Scientific Amercian

November 10, 2011 by Gary Price

Free Access (Through November 30, 2011) to All Issues From 1845-1909 of Scientific American .
More than 75,000 articles.
Direct to Scientific American, 1845-1909
On November 1st we learned that the digital archive of Scientific American, back to vol. 1, no. 1, was complete and accessible online.

The 1845-1909 collection chronicles major inventions, including the telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876 and the incandescent light bulb by Thomas Edison in 1879. Other highlights include coverage of New York City’s first subway in 1870, a special issue in 1899 dedicated to bicycles and automobiles, and Wilbur Wright’s completion of a three-mile flight at Kitty Hawk, South Carolina. In all, the 1845-1909 collection contains more than 75,000 articles.

Direct to Archive Homepage
Useful: Scientific American Advanced Search Interface

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About Gary Price

Gary Price (gprice@mediasourceinc.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. Before launching INFOdocket, Price and Shirl Kennedy were the founders and senior editors at ResourceShelf and DocuTicker for 10 years. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com, and is currently a contributing editor at Search Engine Land.

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