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Journal of the Franklin Institute

Journal of the Franklin Institute is a long-running journal on engineering and applied mathematics affiliated with Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

Journal of the Franklin Institute began in 1826 as The Franklin Journal and American Mechanic's Magazine. A second series, titled Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania, began in 1828. A third series began in 1841. The title went through some other variations in the 19th century, but was known simply as Journal of the Franklin Institute by the end of it. Overall volume numbering (taking into account the volumes of the first two series) was also shown on title pages partway through the third series, and became the standard numbering in 1891. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. An open access spinoff, Franklin Open, began in 2022. Journal of the Franklin Institute is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1826-1948: HathiTrust has all volumes through June 1890, and from 1891 through 1924, and volumes 200-204, 206-211, and 213-246. Volumes may not be listed in chronological order. Some later volumes may be searchable but not viewable online here. Volumes filling gaps in this sequence are listed below.
• 1890: HathiTrust also has third series volume 100 (overall series volume 130), covering July-December 1890.
• 1925: HathiTrust also has volume 199, covering January-June 1925. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1928: The Internet Archive has volume 205, covering January-June 1928, scanned from microfilm.
• 1931: The Internet Archive has volume 212, covering July-December 1931, scanned from microfilm.
• 1949: The Internet Archive has volume 247, covering January-June 1949, scanned from microfilm.
• 1949: The Internet Archive has volume 248, covering July-December 1949, scanned from microfilm.
• 1950: The Internet Archive has volume 249, covering January-June 1950, scanned from microfilm.
• 1950: The Internet Archive has volume 250, covering July-December 1950, scanned from microfilm.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 251, covering January-June 1951, scanned from microfilm.
• 1951: The Internet Archive has volume 252, covering July-December 1951, scanned from microfilm.
• 1952: The Internet Archive has volume 253, covering January-June 1952, scanned from microfilm.
• 1952: The Internet Archive has volume 254, covering July-December 1952, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 255, covering January-June 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1953: The Internet Archive has volume 256, covering July-December 1953, scanned from microfilm.
• 1954: The Internet Archive has volume 257, covering January-June 1954, scanned from microfilm.
• 1954: The Internet Archive has volume 258, covering July-December 1954, scanned from microfilm.
• 1955: The Internet Archive has volume 259, covering January-June 1955, scanned from microfilm.
• 1955: The Internet Archive has volume 260, covering July-December 1955, scanned from microfilm.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has volume 261, covering January-June 1956, scanned from microfilm.
• 1956: The Internet Archive has volume 262, covering July-December 1956, scanned from microfilm.
• 1957: The Internet Archive has volume 263, covering January-June 1957, scanned from microfilm.
• 1957: The Internet Archive has volume 264, covering July-December 1957, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 265, covering January-June 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1958: The Internet Archive has volume 266, covering July-December 1958, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 267, covering January-June 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1959: The Internet Archive has volume 268, covering July-December 1959, scanned from microfilm.
• 1960: The Internet Archive has volume 269, covering January-June 1960, scanned from microfilm.
• 1960: The Internet Archive has volume 270, covering July-December 1960, scanned from microfilm.
• 1961: The Internet Archive has volume 271, covering January-June 1961, scanned from microfilm.
• 1961: The Internet Archive has volume 272, covering July-December 1961, scanned from microfilm.
• 1962: HathiTrust has volume 273, covering January-June 1962. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1963: HathiTrust has volume 275, covering January-June 1963. Access may be restricted outside the United States.
• 1963: HathiTrust has volume 276, covering July-December 1963. Access may be restricted outside the United States.

Official Site / Current Material

• The journal home page has more information on this journal, and provides access to issues back to 1826. Access to most articles here requires subscription or payment.

Related Resources

• We also list Franklin Open, an open access spinoff of this journal.

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