LIII. On lines and planes of closest fit to systems of points in space

E. T. Whittaker. The new algebras and their significance for physics and philosophy.The London, Edinburgh & Dublin philosophical magazine and journal of science, ser. 7 vol. 35 (1944), pp. 1–15; also Year book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1944, pp. 5-14 (offprint 1943, pp. 1-10). - Volume 9 Issue 2

THE Philosophical Magazine is now within two years of celebrating the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its first publication. The outlook of physical science has changed in the intervening years almost beyond recognition, and it has seemed desirable to the proprietors of the journal to alter the title, while retaining the familiar name of the Philosophical Magazine, in such a way as to indicate more clearly the scope of the journal. The old read "The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, being a continuation of Tulloch's 'Philosophical Magazine'; Nicholson's 'Journal' and Thomson's 'Annals of Philosophy'"! The new title, which appears for the first time in the current number, is "The Philosophical Magazine, a Journal of Theoretical, Experimental and Applied Physics". The journal has had a long and distinguished career and has numbered among its editors some of the most eminent physicists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In its pages have appeared many papers of fundamental importance; during the present century, for example, classic papers by J. J. Thomson, Moseley, Bohr and Rutherford have been published in the journal which, despite a marked increase in the number and publications of the learned societies, still holds an honoured place among its contemporaries.

THE Philosophical Magazine is now within two years of celebrating the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of its first publication. The outlook of physical science has changed in the intervening years almost beyond recognition, and it has seemed desirable to the proprietors of the journal to alter the title, while retaining the familiar name of the Philosophical Magazine, in such a way as to indicate more clearly the scope of the journal. The old read "The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, being a continuation of Tulloch's 'Philosophical Magazine'; Nicholson's 'Journal' and Thomson's 'Annals of Philosophy'"! The new title, which appears for the first time in the current number, is "The Philosophical Magazine, a Journal of Theoretical, Experimental and Applied Physics". The journal has had a long and distinguished career and has numbered among its editors some of the most eminent physicists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In its pages have appeared many papers of fundamental importance; during the present century, for example, classic papers by J. J. Thomson, Moseley, Bohr and Rutherford have been published in the journal which, despite a marked increase in the number and publications of the learned societies, still holds an honoured place among its contemporaries.

(1836). VII. Remarks on a paper on the transmission of calorific rays, &c. by M. Melloni, in the Phil. Mag. and Journal of Science, No. 42. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 8, No. 43-44, pp. 23-24.

"XLI. On the achromatism of the eye: in reply to some remarks in the Lond. and Edinb. Phil. Mag. and Journal of Science, No. 33 ." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 6(34), pp. 247–248

"LVI. On the problem on attractions, in the Philosophical Magazine, page 332 ." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 33(225), pp. 445–446

"XXII. Remarks on a paper in the Philosophical Magazine for December 1838, on a certain demonstration of Euclid ." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 14(86-87), p. 126

(1843). XLIV. On the so-called calorotypes, with animadversions on the papers of Mr. Hunt and Prof. Draper lately published in the philosophical magazine. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 23, No. 153, pp. 356-360.

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"XLVI. Note to a paper “On certain points in the undulatory theory, &c.” in the last number of the philosophical magazine ." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 18(117), pp. 270–271

(1839). XXXIII. A letter to Professor Forbes on his communication on the colour of steam in the Philosophical Magazine of Feb. 1839. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 14, No. 88, pp. 184-186.

(1842). LXXII. A reply to some observations of Professor Kelland in the Philosophical Magazine for May 1842. The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science: Vol. 20, No. 133, pp. 484-487.

"XXVI. Correction in a paper published in the Philosophical Magazine for January ." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 18(115), pp. 132–133

"Mr. R. Shida on Dr. C. R. Alder Wright’s note published in the philosophical magazine for July 1881." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 12(73), pp. 154–155

"VIII. Note on the paper published in the philosophical Magazine for september 1843, “on the composition of an acid oxide of iron (ferric acid).”." The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, 24(156), pp. 41–42