“ On the one hand it will claim the support of scientific men as the most available channel for the early publication of condensed results of their researches, and on the other it will appeal to the intelligence of the general public by its careful exposition of scientific discovery, while both will profit by its weekly reports of scientific progress, drawn from original sources of the very latest date, and from all parts of the world. ”

“ Practical men will find in Science carefully written papers on the applications of the principles of mechanics and other branches of physics to all departments of industry and technology. The unprecedented recent advances in the application of electricity demand for them a prominent place ”

“ Under this title an illustrated journal will be published weekly, to which the attention of scientific men and the educated public is invited.
Science will be a strictly independent journal, devoted to the advancement of knowledge and scientific research in America, and will be technical only in so far as the subject-matter may require. ”

“ By its impartial reviews of scientific literature, both native and foreign, it will be welcomed by every person of ordinary culture. Particular attention will be paid to current periodical literature and the proceedings of learned bodies, which give the latest results of scientific study ”

“ Secretaries of scientific societies all over the world, and authors and publishers of works on scientific subjects, are invited to send their pub1ications for notice to the editor as soon as possible after issue. ”