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Quarterly Journal of Science
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<p> <i>Quarterly Journal of Science</i> was the title of two British <a href="/facts/Scientific_periodical/A4Slzknw">scientific periodicals</a> of the 19th century. </p><p>The first was established in 1816 by <a href="/facts/William_Thomas_Brande/XAgLqFQE">William Thomas Brande</a>, as the <i>Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts</i>. He edited it with <a href="/facts/John_Millington_(professor)/m83H6MKT">John Millington</a> and then <a href="/facts/Michael_Faraday/NDcc3lyt">Michael Faraday</a>. To a large extent a vehicle for authors associated with the <a href="/facts/Royal_Institution/6uT4MCUV">Royal Institution</a>, it was taken over by the Institution in 1830, and then appeared as the <i>Journal of the Royal Institution</i>, to 1832. </p><p>In 1864, <a href="/facts/William_Crookes/q8U8VVwR">William Crookes</a> started the <i>Quarterly Journal of Science</i> with <a href="/facts/James_Samuelson/zoyjGV8l">James Samuelson</a>. He edited it alone from 1870, and sold it in 1878, when the title was changed to <i>Journal of Science</i>, a monthly appearing to 1885. </p>