Scientific American: The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise, and Journal of Mechanical and Other Improvements

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Title

Scientific American: The Advocate of Industry and Enterprise, and Journal of Mechanical and Other Improvements

Coverage

New York

Publisher

Rufus Porter

Date

August 28, 1845

Subject

Volume 1, number 1

Description

Over the years, Scientific American has introduced the American reading public to many of its most important scientific advances, including Thomas Edison’s phonograph in 1877, his incandescent light bulb in 1880, and George Eastman’s Kodak camera in 1888. It also published the first advertisement for an automobile (by the Winton Motor Carriage Company) in July 1898 under the caption “Dispense with a Horse.”