Bound volumes

Having received a number of inquiries verbally and by mail about the distribution of the Transactions for last year, it seems worth while to explain somewhat in detail the various processes occuring between the receipt of a manuscript and its final appearance in the annual bound volume. As far as Institute office routine is concerned, there are no less than twenty-two distinct operations necessary before a manuscript illustrated with cuts appears in the Proceedings. All of these operations require time, and most of them require ability, tact, and gumption. When a paper is printed in the Proceedings it bears in the upper left-hand corner of the first page the announcement: “Subject to final Revision for the Transactions.” After the Proceedings is distributed, every author receives a separate copy of his paper with the request that he approve it for final printing in the Transactions. Having received the author´s approved copy, the copy is then re-read for possible typographical errors; the necessary corrections are made, and the pages sent to the foundry to be electrotyped. Virtually the same routine prevails in regard to the discussions on papers.