The Lamp of Learning

by Brock, William H.; Meadows, A. J.

• ISBN13: 9780748402656
• ISBN10: 0748402659
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-04-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Since the launching of the Philosophical Magazine in 1798, the publishing company run by Richard Taylor and later by William Francis has specialized in the printing and publishing of scientific periodicals and books. Both founders themselves wrote original scientific papers, and, through close involvement with the scientific societies of London and dedication to the business of scientific communication both nationally and internationally, developed a high reputation for the quality of their publications.

Table of Contents

Preface	vi
Foreword	xi
Sources and Abbreviations	xvii
A dynasty of Taylors	1	(18)
Richard Taylor	19	(44)
Bensley, Koenig, Woodfall and Taylor	63	(26)
Taylor and the commercial science journal	89	(22)
The Francis era	111	(36)
Ups and downs	147	(38)
Expansion	185	(38)
Brave New World	223	(20)
The Philosophical Magazine	243	(36)
Appendices
1. Editors of the Philosophical Magazine	257	(1)
2. Early prefaces to the Philosophical Magazine	258	(3)
3. Early printers of the Philosophical Magazine	261	(1)
4. Translations of quotations on the title-page and verso of the Philosophical Magazine	262	(1)
5. Editors and series of the Annals of Natural History	263	(2)
6. Prospectus of Koenig's newly invented patent printing machine	265	(6)
7. Inventory and valuation	271	(4)
8. Journals published by Taylor & Francis (1997)	275	(4)
Index	279