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63-542: The March 1906 Scientific American article by American pioneer William E. Meacham, explained the basic principle of hydrofoils and hydroplanes . Bell considered the invention of the hydroplane a very significant achievement. Baldwin studied the work of the Italian inventor Enrico Forlanini and began testing models based on his designs, which led them to the development of hydrofoil watercraft. Based on information gained from that article he began to sketch concepts of what

126-571: A false report announcing the defeat of General Zachary Taylor by Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna . Moses returned home, along with General Scott, and eventually the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo would be settled, in 1847, where the territories of California , Nevada , Utah , Colorado , New Mexico , along with parts of Texas and Arizona , would be obtained by the United States. Gov. Sam Houston declared that Texas owes much to

189-486: A mechanical aptitude from an early age, and at 14 was apprenticed to a cabinetmaker . Before his term was up, he purchased his freedom and established a cabinet-making business in Northampton, Massachusetts , competing with John Holbrook , father of Gov. Holbrook . The business failed, and he moved to Springfield . There he endeavoured to manufacture a gunpowder engine for propelling balloons; but this enterprise

252-511: A new popular science magazine, to be called The Sciences , purchased the assets of the old Scientific American instead and put its name on the designs they had created for their new magazine. Thus the partners—publisher Gerard Piel , editor Dennis Flanagan, and general manager Donald H. Miller Jr. essentially created a new magazine. Miller retired in 1979, Flanagan and Piel in 1984, when Gerard Piel's son Jonathan became president and editor; circulation had grown fifteen-fold since 1948. In 1986, it

315-415: A newspaper at the gold mines. They sailed at full capacity from New York to Rio de Janeiro, then to Peru and San Francisco. Once arrived, the passengers and crew deserted the ship, attracted by California's gold. As a result, they converted the ship into a warehouse and a Saloon named the " Apollo Saloon ", next to Euphemia Prison, previously owned by William Heath Davis , a vessell holding prisoners on

378-673: A number of designs, culminating in HD-4 . In 1913, Dr. Bell hired Walter Pinaud, a Sydney yacht designer and builder as well as the proprietor of Pinaud's Yacht Yard in Westmount to work on the pontoons of HD-4 . Pinaud soon took over the Bell Boatyard at Beinn Bhreagh. Pinaud's experience in boat-building enabled him to make useful design changes to HD-4 . After the First World War , work began again on HD-4 . Bell's report to

441-551: A real estate investor. Thayer was a member of the Boston Brahmin Thayer family , and his work was mocked by Theodore Roosevelt . Emma was also the aunt of the Dean of Harvard Divinity School, William Wallace Fenn , and was a friend and possible lover of Mark Twain , and was featured in his book The Innocents Abroad . His grandson, Frederick C. Beach , ran the family owned Scientific American Magazine , seated at

504-678: A television program on PBS called Scientific American Frontiers with hosts Woodie Flowers and Alan Alda . From 1983 to 1997, Scientific American has produced an encyclopedia set of volumes from their publishing division, the Scientific American Library . These books were not sold in retail stores, but as a Book of the Month Club selection priced from $ 24.95 to $ 32.95. Topics covered dozens of areas of scientific knowledge and included in-depth essays on: The Animal Mind ; Atmosphere, Climate, and Change; Beyond

567-587: A treaty of peace, bringing with him his daughter and a journalist named Jane Cazneau . Arrived on Mexican grounds, Moses received informations from General Mirabeau Lamar , the former president of the Republic of Texas, about the disenchantment of the Mexican bishops and clergy, as they were penalized by the War . He took meetings with them and tried to organize a resistance. His resistance would prove successful as

630-729: A year until being beaten by Gar Wood in Miss America . A full-scale replica of Bell's HD-4 is viewable at the Alexander Graham Bell museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia , Canada. Scientific American Scientific American , informally abbreviated SciAm or sometimes SA , is an American popular science magazine. Many scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla , have contributed articles to it, with more than 150 Nobel Prize -winners being featured since its inception. In print since 1845, it

693-514: Is now called a hydrofoil boat. Bell, with his chief engineer Casey Baldwin , began hydrofoil experiments in the summer of 1908. During Bell's world tour of 1910–1911, Bell and Baldwin met with Forlanini in Italy, where they rode in his hydrofoil boat over Lake Maggiore . Baldwin described it as being as smooth as flying. On returning to Bell's large laboratory and boatyard at his Beinn Bhreagh estate near Baddeck, Nova Scotia , they experimented with

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756-434: Is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. Scientific American is owned by Springer Nature , which is a subsidiary of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group . Scientific American was founded by inventor and publisher Rufus Porter in 1845 as a four-page weekly newspaper. The first issue of the large-format New York City newspaper was released on August 28, 1845. Throughout its early years, much emphasis

819-466: The 2020 presidential election , citing Donald Trump 's rejection of scientific evidence, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . In the column reporting the endorsement, the magazine's editors said, " Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly." In September 2024 and for

882-732: The Associated Press (at that time publisher of The Sun ), and was joined by the New York Herald , the New York Courier , The Journal of Commerce , and the New York Evening Express . The AP had been formed by the five New York daily papers to share the cost of transmitting news of the Mexican–American War . It became the oldest and largest news agency in the United States, and

945-752: The Great Moon Hoax of 1835 or The Balloon-Hoax . Theses innovations led the journal to eventually become the most successful newspaper in America. James Gordon Bennett Sr. , intrigued by the success of the New York Sun , would go on and copy the paper and found his own journal in 1835, naming it the New York Herald . Through his 10 years of proprietorship, Moses would expand the four-page paper from three to eight columns. He would also develop horse, rail, and pigeon services to accelerate

1008-421: The New York Sun , and under their leadership, they supported Abraham Lincoln , and were described as out-and-out loyalists. The paper also covered Lincoln's day of election as well as Lincoln's assassination . Moses Yale Beach was married twice and left six sons and two daughters : Moses's nephew, Clarence Day Sr., owned Gwynne & Day, a Wall Street brokerage firm seated at 40 Wall Street , and

1071-608: The New York Sun , became the most successful newspaper in America, and was a pioneer on crime reporting and human-interest stories for the masses. Moses was born in Wallingford, Connecticut , to Moses Sperry Beach and Lucretia Yale, and was a cousin of Canadian fur trader James Murray Yale and Gov. Elihu Yale of Yale University , members of the Yale family . Merchant William Yale and Gen. Edwin R. Yale were second cousins, while Linus Yale Sr. and Linus Yale Jr. , of

1134-540: The U.S. Navy permitted him to obtain two 350 brake horsepower (260 kW) Liberty V-12 engines in July 1919. Bell and associate Frederick W. "Casey" Baldwin began hydrofoil experimentation in the summer of 1908, as a possible aid to airplane takeoff from water. On September 9, 1919, on the Bras d'Or Lakes , at Baddeck, HD-4 set a world marine speed record of 70.86 miles per hour (114.04 km/h), that stood for almost

1197-518: The Woolworth Building , and invented a photolithographic process. The magazine is now the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. His great-grandson, Stanley Yale Beach , was also an aviation pioneer and airship entrepreneur, and his great-great-grandson, Brewster Yale Beach , was a Jungian psychotherapist and Episcopal minister. Stanley was a correspondent of Howard Hughes and General Billy Mitchell , father of

1260-625: The Yale Lock Company , were fourth cousins. His grandfather, Capt. Elihu Yale , son of Capt. Theophilus Yale , was one of the first bayonet manufacturer in Connecticut during the American Revolutionary War , and one of the largest landholders of Wallingford. His father was a plain farmer, and gave him an ordinary education. As a boy, he was a fifer in the War of 1812 at Fort Nathan Hale . He showed

1323-517: The Bishops were able to raise an army of 5,000 men. The financing provided also prevented the Mexican army to counterback U.S General Winfield Scott . Following the Polkos Revolt , President Santa Anna would post a reward to capture Moses and declared that anyone found with a copy of his paper, the New York Sun , would be punished as a traitor. The negotiations were eventually broken off by

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1386-583: The December issue of the magazine, as well as on the magazine's web site. In March 1996, Scientific American launched its own website that included articles from current and past issues, online-only features, daily news, special reports, and trivia, among other things. The website introduced a paywall in April 2019, with readers able to view a few articles for free each month. Notable features have included: From 1990 to 2005 Scientific American produced

1449-410: The Mexican government to settle its ongoing war with the United States. At the time, newspapers had better news gathering techniques than the government, having President Polk and government officials receiving the war news through their daily newspapers. As he already had a personal relationship with the former foreign minister of Mexico, Juan Almonte , President Polk sent him to Mexico to arrange

1512-501: The Munn family, Charles Allen Munn and his nephew, Orson Desaix Munn II . Until 1948, it remained owned by the families under Munn & Company . Under Orson Munn's grandson, Orson Desaix Munn III, it had evolved into something of a "workbench" publication, similar to the 20th-century incarnation of Popular Science . In the years after World War II, the magazine fell into decline. In 1948, three partners who were planning on starting

1575-526: The Origin of Species , as well as the Wright Brothers when they were working on their flying machines. The magazine also covered the U.S. through its Sputnik moment with the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, which symbolically started the " Space Age ". In 2013, Danielle N. Lee , a female scientist who blogged at Scientific American , was called a "whore" in an email by an editor at

1638-908: The Third Dimension; Cosmic Clouds; Cycles of Life • Civilization and the Biosphere; The Discovery of Subatomic Particles; Diversity and the Tropical Rain Forest; Earthquakes and Geological Discovery; Exploring Planetary Worlds; Gravity's Fatal Attraction; Fire; Fossils and the History of Life; From Quarks to the Cosmos; A Guided Tour of the Living Cell; Human Diversity; Perception; The Solar System; Sun and Earth; The Science of Words (Linguistics); The Science of Musical Sound; The Second Law (of Thermodynamics); Stars; Supercomputing and

1701-470: The Transformation of Science. Scientific American launched a publishing imprint in 2010 in partnership with Farrar, Straus and Giroux . In April 1950, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ordered Scientific American to cease publication of an issue containing an article by Hans Bethe that appeared to reveal classified information about the thermonuclear hydrogen bomb . Subsequent review of

1764-545: The U.S. northeast. He became the major shareholder in four banks and started being a banker himself, establishing banks in the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Florida. He also later acquired the American book publishing company Harper Brothers , and established the "American Sun" in Europe, the "Weekly Sun" for farmers, and the "Illustrated Sun and Monthly Literary Journal". In 1842, he published

1827-875: The approval for Barnum's American Museum in New York and financed him. The ruins of the Apollo storeship are now buried in the underground of the Old Federal Reserve Bank Building of San Francisco, and two rooms are named after the ship. Moses's son, Joseph P. Beach, would write a book about his journey named The Log of the Apollo ;: Joseph Perkins Beach's Journal of the Voyage of the Ship Apollo from New York to San Francisco 1849. Moses retired in 1857 with an ample fortune, and left

1890-417: The craft of reporting and storytelling, they changed journalism, and brought a new business model focused on mass-production and advertising rather than subscriptions. With the breakthrough of selling their newspaper for a penny, a very low price affordable to most, it got New Yorkers from all walks of life reading the news and stay informed. They also launched hoaxes with the aim of attracting attention, such as

1953-402: The ensuing days. The magazine's blog editor, Bora Zivkovic, was the subject of allegations of sexual harassment by another blogger, Monica Byrne. Although the alleged incident had occurred about a year earlier, editor Mariette DiChristina informed readers that the incident had been investigated and resolved to Byrne's satisfaction. However, the incident involving Lee had prompted Byrne to reveal

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2016-508: The first American automobile in 1826. He then invented a rag-cutting machine for paper mills . The invention was widely used, but Moses derived no pecuniary benefit due to his tardiness in applying for a patent . He then settled in Ulster County, New York , where he invested in an extensive paper mill. At first he was successful, and after six years was wealthy; but after seven years, an imprudent investment dispersed his fortune, and

2079-458: The first directory of wealthy Americans called the Wealth and Pedigree of Wealthy Citizens of New York City . In the 1846 edition, Moses Yale Beach was featured with a fortune of US$ 300,000, which translates to 3.3 billion dollars in 2022 money in relation to GDP, and was featured along with Cornelius Vanderbilt at 1.2 million, and John Jacob Astor at 25 millions, the richest man in the world at

2142-497: The first to do so in the industry. His brother was Gov. Moses Wisner , a member of the family of Patriot Henry Wisner , a gunpowder manufacturer for George Washington during the Revolutionary War . After selling his shares, he would go back to Michigan and found his own journal. The Sun was then small, both in the size of its sheet and circulation, and with a $ 40,000 payment, Moses soon became sole proprietor, acquiring

2205-521: The history of science and technology. It started as a weekly publication in August 1845 before turning into a monthly in November 1921. Porter sold the publication to Alfred Ely Beach , son of media magnate Moses Yale Beach , and Orson Desaix Munn , a mere ten months after founding it. Editors and co-owners from the Yale family included Frederick C. Beach and his son, Stanley Yale Beach , and from

2268-478: The identity of Zivkovic, following the latter's support of Lee. Zivkovic admitted the incident with Byrne had taken place. He apologized to Byrne, and referred to the incident as "singular", stating that his behavior was not "engaged in before or since". Zivkovic resigned from the board of Science Online , the popular science blogging conference that he co-founded with Anton Zuiker. Following Zivkovic's admission, several female bloggers, including other bloggers for

2331-553: The largest in the world. Their offices would later be at 50 Rockefeller Plaza , formerly known as the Associated Press Building , and be part of Rockefeller Center . During the Mexican–American War , Moses went on a trip to Washington where he met with Secretary of State James Buchanan and U.S. President James K. Polk for talks. His mission, as the President personal spy , would be to try to persuade

2394-589: The magazine, wrote their own accounts, alleging additional incidents of sexual harassment, although none of these accounts were independently investigated. A day after these new revelations, Zivkovic resigned from his position at Scientific American . The Scientific American 50 award was started in 2002 to recognize contributions to science and technology during the magazine's previous year. The magazine's 50 awards cover many categories including agriculture, communications, defence, environment, and medical diagnostics. The complete list of each year's winners appear in

2457-538: The material determined that the AEC had overreacted. The incident was important for the "new" Scientific American ' s history, as the AEC's decision to burn 3,000 copies of an early press-run of the magazine containing the offending material appeared to be " book burning in a free society" when publisher Gerard Piel leaked the incident to the press. In the October 2020 issue of the magazine, it endorsed Joe Biden for

2520-563: The paper to his sons. He then returned to Wallingford, Connecticut , built a luxurious Italianate house in the city, and engaged in local philanthropy. The Moses Y. Beach Elementary School would later bear his name, following a land donation from him. He also gave $ 100,000 to the Union Army for the American Civil War , installed a 110 foot tall Liberty Pole , and gave $ 5,000 for St Paul's Episcopal Church reconstruction. He

2583-481: The publication of the Encyclopedia Americana , which during some of that period was known as The Americana . Some famous individuals who penned articles in the magazine included Albert Einstein , Thomas Edison , Jonas Salk , Marie Curie , Stephen Hawking , Franklin D. Roosevelt , Stephen Jay Gould , Bill Gates , Nikola Tesla , and more. Charles Darwin was featured when he published On

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2646-557: The role of editor-in-chief . The magazine is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States. In 2009, the publisher notified collegiate libraries that yearly subscription prices for the magazine would increase by nearly 500% for print and 50% for online access to $ 1,500 yearly. Offices of the Scientific American have included 37 Park Row in Manhattan and the Woolworth Building in 1915 when it

2709-425: The science website Biology Online after refusing to write professional content without compensation. When Lee, outraged about the email, wrote a rebuttal on her Scientific American blog, the editor-in-chief of Scientific American , Mariette DiChristina, removed the post. DiChristina cited legal reasons for removing the blog. The editor at Biology Online was fired after the incident. The controversy widened in

2772-430: The second time in its history, for the same reason, Scientific American endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 United States presidential election . In November 2024 editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth resigned from Scientific American following an apology for a social media post in which she characterized some supporting Trump as fascists. Moses Yale Beach Moses Yale Beach (January 15, 1800 – July 19, 1868)

2835-449: The shares of Benjamin Day and Mr. Wisner. The New York Sun , as a penny press journal, brought many innovations to the industry, such as being the first U.S. journal to hire a Police reporter . They were also the first newspaper to report crimes and personal events such as suicides, deaths, and divorces, which featured everyday people rather than public figures. As the early developers of

2898-481: The speed of news-gathering into his New York offices. He established a ship news service in association with other organizations to obtain news from Europe, acquiring the steamboat "Naushon". The " Pony Express " horses brought important news from Albany, and he ran special trains that ran from Baltimore to speed up their arrival. His pigeon house was built on the roof of his New York office at Nassau Street to bring news from nearby ports. An important competitor

2961-458: The time. In 1846, only fourteen individuals were millionaires in New York, with a population of about 500,000 people, making Moses Yale Beach among the richest men in the city. From 1843 to 1847, Moses grew the newspaper, employing 8 editors and reporters, 16 pressmen, 12 female folders, and 100 newsboy . In the same year, he was appointed United States Ambassador to Mexico , and named Special Diplomatic Agent by U.S. President John Tyler . He

3024-514: The water in front of the establishment. It became California's first formal insane asylum. The Apollo Saloon served doughnuts, alcohol and coffee, and became a San Francisco landmark. The saloon served also as a coffee house and was next to Niantic Hotel on Battery Street. It burned down two years later in 1851. Moses was a partner in a mining venture to extract gold and quartz with P.T. Barnum of Barnum & Bailey Circus , with 2 million dollars in capital stock. He also helped Barnum get

3087-507: The work of Moses Yale Beach during the war. During the California Gold Rush , after talks with U.S. Consul Thomas O. Larkin , Moses acquired and sent the Apollo storeship with his sons Henry and Joseph to San Francisco . They equipped the vessel to become a profitable business venture and created advertisements to bring passengers on board at a cost of 75$ per individual. They also brought two printing presses to establish

3150-413: The worsening of economic conditions. Today, Scientific American publishes 17 foreign-language editions around the globe: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese , Czech , Dutch, French, German, Greek , Hebrew , Italian, Japanese, Korean , Lithuanian (discontinued after 15 issues), Polish , Romanian , and Russian. From 1902 to 1911, Scientific American supervised

3213-474: Was Horace Greeley of the New-York Tribune . The " Commodore Vanderbilt " used the newspaper to advertise his steamship sailings from New York to Hartford , charging one dollar a passenger to get aboard his steamboat the "Water Witch". According to historian Elmo Scott Watson, Moses invented print syndication in 1841 when he produced a two-page supplement and sold it to a score of newspapers in

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3276-421: Was also a failure. He was among the first to invest in paddle steamships to open steam navigation on the Connecticut river between Hartford and Springfield, and would have succeeded if financial difficulties had not obliged him to cease operations before his steamer was completed. This venture was in association with Thomas Blanchard , the inventor of America's first assembly line in 1819, and inventor of

3339-616: Was also a representative of New York's bankers for the war mission, and a director of several New York banks, carrying with him $ 50,000 to establish a National Bank in Mexico. He cofounded the Harbor News Association in association with other newspapers and Samuel Morse , inventor of the telegraph , and the New York Associated Press , implicating robber baron Jay Gould . In May 1846, Moses founded

3402-532: Was an American inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and publisher, who founded the Associated Press , and is credited with originating print syndication . His fortune, as of 1846, amounted to $ 300,000 ($ 10.2 million in 2023), which was about 1/4 of the fortune of Cornelius Vanderbilt at the time, and was featured in a book that he published named the Wealthy citizens of the City of New York. His newspaper,

3465-542: Was an investment banker, railroad director, and Governor of the New York Stock Exchange . His great-nephews were Yale University Treasurer George Day and Yale graduate Clarence Day , grandsons of Benjamin Day , and cofounders of Yale University Press . His granddaughter Emma Beach married to artist Abbott Handerson Thayer , who pioneered the creation of the first effective forms of military camouflage , and his grandson, Charles Yale Beach , became

3528-534: Was compelled to abandon his enterprise. In 1829, he became one of the trustees of Saugerties, N.Y. , organizing their fire department, and purchased the first fire engine of the city. In the meantime though, he had married the sister of Benjamin Day , founder and proprietor of the New York Sun . In 1835, he acquired an interest in the paper from George W. Wisner, an early founder who had been in charge of reporting police news and writing police reports, being

3591-597: Was described as patriotic and liberal by the New York Times. He died in 1868, and was buried at Center Street Cemetery, Wallingford , where a monument was erected in his memory. Moses Yale was featured in the Pulitzer Award book " Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 " and other works, along with his son Alfred Ely , who had to bypass corrupt politicians to build New York's first subway in 1869. His sons Moses Sperry and Joseph Perkins took over

3654-537: Was just finished two years earlier in 1913. The Woolworth Building was at the time one of the first skyscrapers in the city and the tallest one in the world. Scientific American published its first foreign edition in 1890, the Spanish-language La America Cientifica . Publication was suspended in 1905, and another 63 years would pass before another foreign-language edition appeared: In 1968, an Italian edition, Le Scienze ,

3717-637: Was launched in the Soviet Union in 1983, and continues in the present-day Russian Federation . Kexue (科学, "Science" in Chinese), a simplified Chinese edition launched in 1979, was the first Western magazine published in the People's Republic of China . Founded in Chongqing , the simplified Chinese magazine was transferred to Beijing in 2001. Later in 2005, a newer edition, Global Science (环球科学),

3780-603: Was launched, and a Japanese edition, Nikkei Science  [ ja ] , followed three years later. A new Spanish edition, Investigación y Ciencia was launched in Spain in 1976, followed by a French edition, Pour la Science  [ fr ] , in France in 1977, and a German edition, Spektrum der Wissenschaft  [ de ] , in Germany in 1978. A Russian edition V Mire Nauki ( Russian : «В мире науки» )

3843-533: Was placed on reports of what was going on at the U.S. Patent Office . It also reported on a broad range of inventions including perpetual motion machines, an 1860 device for buoying vessels by Abraham Lincoln , and the universal joint which now can be found in nearly every automobile manufactured. Current issues include a "this date in history" section, featuring excerpts from articles originally published 50, 100, and 150 years earlier. Topics include humorous incidents, wrong-headed theories, and noteworthy advances in

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3906-493: Was published instead of Kexue , which shut down due to financial problems. A traditional Chinese edition, known as Scientist  [ zh ] , was introduced to Taiwan in 2002. The Hungarian edition Tudomány existed between 1984 and 1992. In 1986, an Arabic edition, Oloom Magazine  [ ar ] , was published. In 2002, a Portuguese edition was launched in Brazil . The Spanish edition ended in 2023 due to

3969-829: Was sold to the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group of Germany, which has owned it until the Springer-Nature merger. In the fall of 2008, Scientific American was put under the control of Holtzbrinck's Nature Publishing Group division. Donald Miller died in December 1998, Gerard Piel in September 2004 and Dennis Flanagan in January 2005. Mariette DiChristina became editor-in-chief after John Rennie stepped down in June 2009, and stepped down herself in September 2019. In April 2020, Laura Helmuth assumed

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