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The ''Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts'', generally known as ''Nicholson's Journal'', was an early scientific journal in Great Britain. William Nicholson began it in 1797 and was the editor until it merged with another journal in 1814.〔"Nicholson, William (1753–1815)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.〕 Nicholson's journal would accept short papers, written by new or anonymous authors, and decide whether to publish them relatively quickly. These attributes distinguished the new journal from the established scientific journal ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society''. By one account this less-formal model was so appealing that the next year a similar startup launched, Alexander Tilloch's ''Philosophical Magazine''.〔Russell, Colin. Enterprise and electrolysis... ''Chemistry World'', Aug. 2003 ((online ))〕 == Significant articles == * Nicholson and Anthony Carlisle split water into hydrogen and oxygen for the first time in 1800 and immediately published their results in the journal. They used Volta's pile (an electric battery) as soon as they learned of it to achieve this electrolysis.〔〔Chang, Hasok. 2012. ''Is Water H2O?: Evidence, Realism and Pluralism''. Springer. page 73. ((online at google books ))〕 * The journal published the first known aerodynamic analysis of gliders and heavier-than-air fixed-wing flying machines designs, by George Cayley in 1809-1810.〔Cayley, George. "On Aerial Navigation" (Part 1 ), (Part 2 ), (Part 3 ) ''Nicholson's Journal of Natural Philosophy'', 1809–1810. (Via NASA).〕 * Discovery of the element palladium was announced in 1803. The author chose Nicholson's journal in order to remain anonymous at first, and later revealed himself to be William Hyde Wollaston.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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