PUBLISHER'S NOTE 



Under the terms of the contract for the pubUcation of Organizing 

 Scientific Research for War and of the other volumes in the long his- 

 tory of the activities of the Office of Scientific Research and Develop- 

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 volume in question will be in the public domain and dedicated to 

 the public. 



This volume of the history of OSRD is a description of the adminis- 

 trative framework of the organization that developed, improved, and 

 brought into use certain new weapons. It is not intended to be a com- 

 plete documentary record of the making of the inventions that happen 

 to be mentioned in it. 



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