TECHNOLOGIST: 
A RECORD OF SCIENCE. 
AUGUST, 1866, 
Oo OUT READERS: 
ITH this number we enter on the seventh year of 
our existence, and commence not only a new 
volume, but a NEW SERIES. 
At such a time it is but natural to pause a few moments 
to thank our old subscribers, and inform them of our plans. 
It will be seen at a glance that several changes have been 
effected. We now print the journal in new type on better 
paper. And in order to afford space for further improve- 
ments, we have ventured to increase the number of our 
pages by nearly a hundred in the volume. This will 
enable us to add to our periodical an account of the doings 
of our learned societies, as well as afford space for 
REVIEWS AND NOTICES OF BOooKS, a department which 
we intend to conduct in the most careful and impartial | 
manner. The Editorial staff has been considerably in- 
creased, and no effort will be spared to make the TECHNO- 
LOGIST what it now professes to be, a RECORD OF 
SCIENCE, its progress, literature, and practical applications. 
We beg the reader to observe that this is not a mere 
money-making periodical; its conductors do not regard it 
in the light of a commercial speculation. Consequently 
they will be amply satisfied if their proposed improve- 
ments shall increase the circulation sufficiently to defray 
the extra expense incurred by the enlargement of this 
New Series. They can therefore confidently ges to 
NEW SERIES.—VOL. I. 
