Here is a sample of some of the articles that appeared in the July 3rd, 1880 issue when it was called Science Weekly Record:
Electricity as Power by Frances P. Upton, Diatomaceae v. Desmidiaceae by Jabez Hogg, Errors of Refraction in the Eyes of Microscopists by John C. Morgan, Uniform Time by Ormond Stone, Coming of Age of the Origin of the Species by T.H. Huxley, and Water Supply of Cities by H.C.H. Herold.