Periodical publications about manufacturing and technology began to appear in the last decade of the 18th century, and many regularly included notice of the latest patents. Foreign periodicals, such as the Annales des Mines, published accounts of travels made by French engineers who observed British methods on study tours.
PeriodIcal PubliCaTIoNs aboUt MaNuFacTUrIng and techNOlOgy BeGAn to appEAR In thE LAst deCadE Of thE 18tH ceNtuRy, anD MaNy regularlY INCluded nOTicE of the laTEst paTentS. foREIgn perioDIcaLS, such AS the annalEs deS MInes, publisHeD accOuntS Of trAvels MaDe by frenCh EngIneErS wHo obsERved BritisH methods On Study tOuRs.