Messenger of Mathematics
| Discipline | Mathematics |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1871–1929 |
| Publisher | Macmillan and Co. (England) |
| ISO 4 | Find out here |
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| OCLC no. | 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
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
- ^ J. O. Irwin (1967). "William Allen Whitworth and a Hundred Years of Probability". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A. 130 (2): pp. 147–176. doi:10.2307/2343399. JSTOR 2343399.
{{cite journal}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b "Journals: O". The Royal Society library collections. Retrieved 2007-06-13.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Mary Croarken (2003). "Table making by committee: British table makers 1871–1965". In Martin Campbell-Kelly (ed.). 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 (ed.). Mathematics Unbound: The Evolution of an International Mathematical Research Community, 1800–1945. American Mathematical Society. p. 76. ISBN 0-8218-2124-5.
Further reading
- 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.