In the nineteenth century the RPS’s Journal reported on developments in new chemistry usually from amateur experimenters, and in areas such as optics and technology.

Section A continued to publish more general features on pictorial photography, reports of members’ meetings, and Society business.

[2] Section B became a separate publication and was renamed the Journal of Photographic Science in 1953, published by the RPS.

Today, this role is undertaken by Taylor and Francis, coincidentally the original printer of the RPS’s 1853 Journal.

[3] The RPS maintains a run of the Imaging Science Journal and its predecessors at its headquarters in Bristol which are available for public consultation.