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COPYRIGHT IN I853BY 

 THE SCIENCE. COMPANY 



Vol. 1. MARCH 23, 1883. No. 7. 



ENTERED AT BOSTON 

 AS SECOND CLASS AAflTTER 



THE PUBLISHER'S GREETING 



CONTRIBUTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS. 



TTie followin;/ lists of contributors and sub- 

 scribers are here printed in the hope of giving 

 pleasure to the many contributors to Science 

 by showing them in detail the extensive and spon- 

 taneous reception which the public has awarded 

 their efforts to establish a iveekly scientific journal 

 which should reflect creditably on Americans and 

 American institutions, and then of giving per- 

 manent credit to the several hundred persons, 

 tvho, by their prompt subscriptions, have shown 

 their earnest good-will and sympathy with this 

 laborious and responsihle undertaking. 



Tlie list of contributors will also show to sub- 

 scribers that the projectors of the enterprise have 

 exerted every effort to obtain from eminent author- 

 ities everywhere the news and articles which are 

 appearing in the consecutive issues of SCIENCE. 



/( should be added, that other names ought to 

 appear in the list of subscribers, — some because 

 received too late, and others, who, by reason of 

 absence or remote residence, and from other 

 causes, have not yet had an opportunity of sub- 

 scribing. And among the contributors might 

 justly appear the names of many persons tvhose 

 contributions the editors have accepted, and others 

 who arc actively engaged on articles soon to be 



published. In justice to both these classes, thi 

 publisher proposes later to issue a haiidsome vol- 

 ume containing names of all the contributors and 

 subscribers, a copy of which will be sent to each 

 one of them with the compliments of the publisher. 



In looking over the successive numbers oj' 

 Science, one can readily see that a generous 

 support has come from business men of numerous 

 cities. The publisher trusts, therefore, that the 

 readers of Science will always look through the , 

 advertising pages, and patronize these advertisers 

 when possible ; assuring them that he will make an 

 investigation of any case where a patron seems to 

 be unjustly treated, tvith a view of excluding that 

 advertiser from future pages of SCIENCE. But 

 there tvill probably be no difficulty ; for the adver- 

 tisers are, as a rule, well-knoivn and thoroughly 

 trustworthy jirms ; and in the volume above re- 

 ferred to there will be a classijied list of adver- 

 tisers in the earlier issues of Science, as being 

 worthy of acknowledgment for their support. 



The publisher also desires to call particular 

 attention to the fact that when Science teas pro- 

 jected, — notwithstanding it promised to be a pecu- 

 niary failure, — a company of scientific men and 

 patrons of science was formed for its inaintenance.- 

 To them, therefore, — although the enterprise notv 

 promises to become a pecuniary success, — is due 

 all the credit for their philanthropic intentions. 

 The directors of this Company are D. C. (ril- 

 man (^president}, the president of Johns Hopkins 

 University; Alexander Grahain Bell (vice-pres: 



