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  A]?rNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  character, 
  except 
  the 
  catalogues 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  Two 
  

   of 
  its 
  less 
  technical 
  publications, 
  namely, 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Annual 
  

   Report 
  and 
  the 
  annual 
  Smithsonian 
  Explorations 
  and 
  Field 
  Work 
  

   pamphlet, 
  are 
  intended 
  primarily 
  for 
  the 
  general 
  reader 
  who 
  is 
  

   interested 
  in 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  science. 
  All 
  of 
  its 
  publications 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  free 
  to 
  a 
  large 
  list 
  of 
  libraries 
  and 
  scientific 
  and 
  educational 
  

   institutions 
  throughout 
  the 
  world. 
  A 
  limited 
  number 
  of 
  copies 
  of 
  

   papers 
  in 
  the 
  Miscellaneous 
  Collections 
  series 
  are 
  held 
  for 
  sale 
  at 
  cost 
  

   price. 
  

  

  The 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  are 
  perhaps 
  

   its 
  most 
  widely 
  known 
  series. 
  Printed 
  each 
  year 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  ap- 
  

   pendix 
  to 
  these 
  reports 
  is 
  a 
  selection 
  of 
  about 
  30 
  articles 
  chosen 
  from 
  

   the 
  periodical 
  literature 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  or 
  specially 
  contributed 
  to 
  illus- 
  

   trate 
  in 
  a 
  readable 
  and 
  authoritative 
  manner 
  the 
  advances 
  in 
  all 
  

   branches 
  of 
  science 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  For 
  example, 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  

   1928 
  the 
  following 
  three 
  typical 
  articles 
  appear 
  : 
  

  

  New 
  Results 
  on 
  Cosmic 
  Rays, 
  by 
  R. 
  A. 
  Millikan 
  and 
  G. 
  H. 
  

   Cameron. 
  

  

  The 
  Controversy 
  Over 
  Human 
  "Missing 
  Links," 
  by 
  Gerrit 
  S. 
  

   Miller, 
  jr. 
  

  

  Communication 
  Among 
  Insects, 
  by 
  N. 
  E. 
  Mclndoo. 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  published 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  128 
  vol- 
  

   umes 
  and 
  pamphlets; 
  and 
  197,573 
  copies 
  of 
  Smithsonian 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  distributed, 
  including 
  26,709 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Annual 
  Reports, 
  31,121 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Miscellaneous 
  Collections, 
  3,773 
  Smithsonian 
  Special 
  

   Publications, 
  115,128 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  

   20,112 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology. 
  More 
  

   detailed 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  publications 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  

   of 
  the 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Institution, 
  Appendix 
  11. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  SCIENTIFIC 
  SERIES 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  a\igmenting 
  its 
  income 
  for 
  researches 
  and 
  publica- 
  

   tions, 
  the 
  Institution 
  entered 
  into 
  an 
  agreement 
  in 
  1928 
  with 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  Series 
  (Inc.) 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  publish 
  a 
  

   set 
  of 
  12 
  volumes 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series, 
  

   under 
  the 
  editorship 
  of 
  the 
  secretary. 
  These 
  volumes, 
  prepared 
  at 
  

   the 
  Institution, 
  present 
  in 
  popular 
  form, 
  profusely 
  illustrated, 
  the 
  

   scientific 
  activities 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  and 
  the 
  wealth 
  of 
  natural- 
  

   history 
  material 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  The 
  

   sale 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  is 
  entirely 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  publishers, 
  

   the 
  Institution 
  appearing 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  author. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  four 
  volumes 
  appeared 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  were 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  to 
  the 
  subscribers 
  to 
  the 
  James 
  Smithson 
  Memorial 
  Edition 
  

  

  