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WILL PRINT ON INSIDE FRONT COVER OF ALL SERIES PUBLICATIONS

SERIES PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

Emphasis upon publication as a means of "diffusing knowledge" was expressed 
by the first Secretary of the Smithsonian. In his formal plan for the Institution, Joseph
Henry outlined a program that included the following statement: "It is proposed to publish a series of reports, giving an account of the new discoveries in science, and 
of the changes made from year to year in all branches of knowledge." This theme
of basic research has been adhered to through the years by thousands of titles issued
in series publications under the Smithsonian imprint, commencing with Smithsonian
Contributions to Knowledge in 1848 and continuing with the following active series:

Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology
Smithsonian Contributions to Astrophysics
Smithsonian Contributions to Botany
Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences
Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology
Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology
Smithsonian Studies in Air and Space
Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology

In these series, the Institution publishes small papers and full-scale monographs
that report the research and collections of its various museums and bureaux or of
professional colleagues in the world of science and scholarship. The publications are
distributed by mailing lists to libraries, universities, and similar institutions throughout 
the world.

Papers or monographs submitted for series publication are received by the 
Smithsonian Institution Press subject to its own review for format and style, only
through departments of the various Smithsonian museums or bureaux where the
manuscripts are given substantive review. Press requirements for manuscript and art
preparation are outlined on the inside back cover.

S. Dillon Ripley
Secretary
Smithsonian Institution