Messenger of Mathematics
| Messenger of Mathematics | |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Co. (England) |
| Publication history | 1871–1929 |
| Indexing | |
| OCLC number | 2448539 |
The Messenger of Mathematics is a defunct mathematics journal. The founding editor-in-chief was William Allen Whitworth with Charles Taylor[1] and volumes 1–58 were published between 1872 and 1929.[2] James Whitbread Lee Glaisher was the editor-in-chief after Whitworth.[3] In the nineteenth century, foreign contributions represented 4.7% of all pages of mathematics in the journal.[4]
History[edit]
The journal was originally titled Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin Messenger of Mathematics. It was supported by mathematics students and governed by a board of editors composed of members of the three universities. Volumes 1–5 were published between 1862 and 1871.[2] It merged with The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics to form the Quarterly Journal of Mathematics.
References[edit]
- ^ J. O. Irwin (1967). "William Allen Whitworth and a Hundred Years of Probability". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General) 130 (2): pp. 147–176. doi:10.2307/2343399. JSTOR 2343399.
- ^ a b "Journals: O". The Royal Society library collections. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
- ^ Mary Croarken (2003). "Table making by committee: British table makers 1871–1965". In Martin Campbell-Kelly. The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-19-850841-7.
- ^ Sloan Evans Despeaux (2002). "4. International Contributions to British Scientific Journals, 1800–1900". In Karen Hunger Parshall, Adrian Clifford Rice. Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Research Community, 1800–1945. Providence, RI: AMS. p. 76. ISBN 0-8218-2124-5.
Further reading[edit]
- Sloan Evans Despeaux (2007). "Launching mathematical research without a formal mandate: The role of university-affiliated journals in Britain, 1837–1870". Historia Mathematica 34 (1): 89. doi:10.1016/j.hm.2006.02.005. ISSN 0314-0860.
External links[edit]
- Messenger of Mathematics digitized by GDZ (volumes 1 (1871)-30 (1901); published on May to April schedule, with title page of bound volumes bearing date of later year, so vol. 30 runs from May, 1900 to April, 1901).
